Leaders inject energy or watch entropy win

The only antidote to entropy, the only antidote to decay in a system is energy. You got to inject energy. Your job as an executive, as a leader, is to fight that entropy tooth and nail every single day.

I've learned that optimism is a renewable resource. His ability to generate energy and to use his optimism to renew everybody's dedication to the mission is unbelievable and I think it's such an important part of the culture.

Tobi Lütke is CEO of Shopify. The quote contains grammatical errors - he likely meant "compared to what it will be in 20 years" (future tense).

My energy source is dissatisfaction with status quo. My fundamental belief is all this talk about technology where all... So many books are about just technology leading to dystopia. You know what dystopia is? Today, compared to what it will be in 20 years ago or any. I think today is the dystopia of future.