Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great essayist, said in a lecture in 1871, ‘If a man can write a better book or preach a better sermon or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, even if he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.’ This hasn’t always been true — but it will become increasingly true, and so I would urge you to study hard, to burn the midnight oil.

"One of my favorites is Headspace. It was created by Andy Puddicombe, who in his early twenties traveled to the Himalayas to study meditation and ended up being ordained as a Buddhist monk in India. Driven by a desire to make mindfulness meditation easily available, he created Headspace, a guided meditation app rooted in the idea that, as Andy says, “All it takes is 10 mindful minutes.” We’ve also made it available free to all our employees"

"I’m a documentary freak. Two-thirds of the movies I watch are documentaries. Hoop Dreams is a sweeping, stirring, myopic study of two young men on differing paths, both with dreams of becoming NBA players. It is, of course, not so much about basketball as the personal and social struggles of two young men attempting to do what so many young men try to do every year. Uplifting and tragic, it may be the best sports documentary ever."