Consistent daily practice beats sporadic brilliance

When I was young in my career, I decided I wanted to be a CMO. And at the job where I had decided I wanted to be the CMO, I worked two hours later than everyone else on the team. And I had this thought in my brain that two hours every day for five years would get me how many more years of experience than someone else?

There's no shortcuts to knowing a lot... You look at Tomasz Tunguz, who was with Redpoint and now started his own VC firm. And I was talking to him about his blog and he was like, 'I'd just wake up 5:00 or 6:00 AM every morning and write three to four blogs a week for 10 years.'

The art of self-reflection and coaches. I've had coaches my whole career. You're constantly iterating, experimenting, and becoming the best you can be in your career also as a dad and as a husband.

I dedicate an hour aside to really think about, 'What's going well? What's not going well? What am I screwing up? Why am I screwing it up?' which is often more important than 'What am I screwing up?' And 'What am I going to do about it?'