The people of Japan have a deeper appreciation of empathy (共感).

Not only do they empathize with you, but they also help (ヘルプ ) you before you realize you need it. The concept of empathy and consideration in Japanese culture is omoiyari (思いやり).

A culture of gratitude: children in Japan thank the driver of the vehicle who stopped and allowed them to cross the street

'Apologizing doesn't always mean you are wrong and the other person is right.

It means you value your relationship more than your ego.'

An artist shows us near perfection

Yuval Noah Harari: AI has hacked our conversations and our intimacy.

'When I draw a molecule in China or in Argentina, it is the same molecule. People understand immediately without knowing Spanish or Chinese. That is beautiful. Our common goal is not about power or borders of the country, it is about bringing forward human knowledge.' Ben Feringa

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. —Bruce Lee

Most leaders value loyalty. Great leaders put a higher premium on integrity.

Loyalty is allegiance to power. You're expected to show deference and follow orders.

Integrity is allegiance to principles. You're expected to challenge orders that violate your mission or values.

This may be the most important equation in business, politics and life.

The biggest threat to innovation is internal politics and an organizational culture which does not accept failure, and/or does not accept ideas from outside, and/or cannot change.

Nvidia CEO speaks about a lesson that you will not learn in any business school: sometimes you have to ignore your customers

Simon Sinek: if you care about building relationships then do the real hard work of building relationships

Jeff Bezos on knowing what you are good at and what you are not

The respect and discipline in Japan may be second to none

Impossible is not a fact, it is an opinion. 
Impossible is not a declaration, it is a dare.
Impossible is potential.
Impossible is temporary.
Impossible is nothing.

—Muhammad Ali (Ali dodges 21 punches in 10 seconds)

Impossible is nothing. Ryōyū Kobayashi was in the air for 10 seconds and flew 291 meters

You are not your job.
You are not your parents.
You are not your credit score.
You are not your school diploma.
You are not the clothes you wear.
You are not the size of your network.
You are not your house or neighborhood.

You are the sum of your words, choices and actions.

I’m Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix & 6 other companies.

This is my definition of success:

The most important things in life aren't taught in school, and in fact *cannot* be learned in school (including outside the classroom)

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

—Buckminster Fuller.