When you understand the science, you can build the conviction to support groundbreaking ideas, even when they seem unconventional or years away from … - Daniel Goldin

As the leader, you have to make them work together.

Alignment, execution, and real collaboration don’t happen by accident.

You need to create friction early. You need to force interaction. You need to make sure every person understands how their work affects the entire system.

“If I had known how hard it would be, I wouldn’t have started.”

And then blind optimism is the savior.

No, in the business of hard things.

We know how hard it will be.

We know we have no savior.

And we do it anyway.

An attitude of awe, not blase indifference, is a quiet key to longevity. And, quite frankly, to being good company.