Peter Diamandis Quotes
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Now, we connect via Skype or Google+ Hangout and see our friends' and loved ones' faces live.
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What decisions would you make differently today if you knew you would most likely live to be 150? How would you think about your 50s or 60s? How would you evaluate your career arcs or investments or even the area in which you live?
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It's never been easier to share your ideas and passions with the world.
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Even in an organization that's doing something big and bold, there's the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream.
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When you have an employee who's innovative in your organization, what are they thinking about in the shower? If they're working in an exciting place, they're not thinking what they're going to do over the weekend. They're thinking: 'How do I solve that problem?'
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I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness.
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In most developed countries, the average person receives about 16 years of education. Even in developing countries, the population gets five to eight years of education.
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Not only are we working less, we're enjoying ourselves more. As we're working toward this world of abundance, we're able to increasingly enjoy leisure time.
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All of us are linear thinkers. We evolved in a world that was local and linear. You know, back 100,000, 200,000, millions of years ago, when we were evolving as a human species, nothing changed. You know, the life of your great-grandparents, you, your kids - it was the same. And so we are local and linear thinkers.
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Nothing matters more than your health. Healthy living is priceless. What millionaire wouldn't pay dearly for an extra 10 or 20 years of healthy aging?
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The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt.
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Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.'
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The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago.
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Your mission is to find a product or service that can positively impact the lives of 1 billion people because that's the game we're playing today.
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The Department of Energy made an investment that failed, and it got raked over the coals for that failed investment. This is ridiculous. The fact of the matter is, the government should be making a lot of risky investments, the majority of which are likely to fail.
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If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.
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If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.
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I live in L.A., where every coffee shop is filled with scriptwriters, producers and directors.
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The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.
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If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns.
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Never tolerate a toxic person in your organization.
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My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions of dollars, create Wikipedia, and even design and build small autonomous drones. But how about something large and complex like designing a new car, and maybe someday even a spaceship?
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In 1976, Kodak's first digital camera shot at 0.1 megapixels, weighed 3.75 pounds, and cost over $10,000.
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Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation.