Ben Coffee

Try to disprove your best loved ideas

"Move toward the next thing, not away from the last thing.

Same direction. Completely different energy."

"Three ways to learn something new:

1. Reflect on what you have already tried.


2. Attempt something you have not tried.


3. Read about what someone else has tried."

"Clarity isn't about knowing what you want to do with your life, it's about knowing what you want to do this week.

You don't need to have it all figured out. You just need to know your next step."

"Compete externally and you compare.

Compete internally and you improve."

We don’t have to hold supreme power to be supremely powerful. We don’t have to ‘wear the purple,’ as they said of the emperor, to stand out. No, we just have to show up. Do a great job. Hold ourselves to high standards. We don’t need to be honored to be honorable. That’s not something the position gives, it’s something we give the position.

"Surround yourself with people who have the same goals as you. Rise together."

You have to accept there is no right answer, there is no one who has all the answers.

It’a a tough choice...but then again, that’s what being a parent is, making tough choices.