Ideas worth chasing. Pick one and go deep.
J.K. Rowling
Before she wrote the best-selling book series in history, J.K. Rowling was a jobless single mother living in poverty. But instead of destroying her, hitting rock bottom gave her the ultimate superpower: she had nothing left to lose.
Sir Ken Robinson
One music teacher in Liverpool had half of The Beatles in his class—and decided neither of them had any talent. If you feel like you aren't good at anything, you might not be lacking potential; you might just be in the wrong environment.
MIT OpenCourseWare
When the internet boomed, every university tried to figure out how to get rich off online courses. MIT decided to do the exact opposite: they put their entire curriculum on the internet for completely free.
Eileen Gu
Between the burnout of school and the endless scroll of social media, it's easy to just numb your brain. But what if you treated your own mind like a workshop, actively wiring it to become someone your 8-year-old self would worship?
Jim Rohn
The world isn't running out of success, knowledge, or opportunity. The problem is that when most people walk up to that infinite ocean, they only bring a teaspoon.
Elon Musk
Imagine getting accepted to a Stanford PhD program, only to quit two days later because you didn't want to miss the future. Or watching your childhood heroes publicly doubt you on national television after your first three rockets exploded.
Casey Newton & Frank Walker
In a world addicted to doom-scrolling and giving up, actively choosing hope isn't naive—it is the ultimate act of rebellion.
Eileen Gu
At the Beijing Olympics, 18-year-old Eileen Gu had a choice: play it safe for a guaranteed medal, or try a trick no woman had ever landed. She chose the trick, and it changed her sport forever.
Duncan Wardle
You have a superpower that artificial intelligence can never replicate, but the school system has spent the last ten years trying to train it out of you.
Stan Lee
Stan Lee’s boss told him that Spider-Man was the 'worst idea' he’d ever heard because nobody likes spiders and teenagers are only meant to be sidekicks.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs dropped out of college and returned Coke bottles for food money, but a random class he took just for fun ended up changing how every computer in the world looks today.