Career

In every career, your job is to make and tell stories. You will build a body of work, but you will also build a body of affection—the people you've helped and who've helped you back.

Just hold on and keep loving what you love. And you'll see, in the end, they will let you stay.

The world is run by those who show up, not those who wait to be asked.

It's your curiosity and enthusiasm that will get you noticed and make your life interesting—not your grade point average.

At least I get to pursue what I want. That's something not to take for granted—the actual pursuit of happiness.

Your degree will be good for something, just maybe not what you thought originally. If you're open to it, sometimes life presents you with what you're supposed to be.

Do not leave before you leave. Do not lean back; lean in. Put your foot on that gas pedal and keep it there until the day you have to make a decision, and then make a decision.

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

It's not whether your attitude is good or bad, but does it define your direction? People usually fall short because they're a degree or two off in attitude, and over time and distance, that can put you in a place far away from where you would like to be.

Whatever you end up doing in this life, make sure above all that it's interesting. Because most likely you're going to spend a third of the rest of your life working for a living. And if what you do bores you, that means you're going to spend a third of the rest of your life being bored.

The world is hungry for professionalism. If you're professional and they're not — if you show up on time every morning and get the job done and they show up two hours later spouting clever excuses — then nine times out of ten, you will win and they will lose.

There's a lesson in this: never start out asking for someone you'd eventually settle for.