Ask yourself this question CONSTANTLY: where can I add the most value to what matters most to me and the people who care about me?
If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's.
Never try to be a thought leader. There's no value in that. Instead, try to add value.
Try to help people rather than focusing on what's in it for me.
To trust agents, hyperlinks are the twenty-first-century equivalent of the name-dropper.
Email is a system that delivers other people's priorities to your attention. It's up to you to decide when that priority should be managed into your world. It's not the other way around.