Like most other creatives, I struggle with self-sabotage, self-doubt, and feeling like an imposter more often than not. I struggle with expressing myself, because it does sometimes feel easier or safer not to.

Owning pipelines, people, products, or even intellectual property is no longer the key to success. Openness is.

I hate baseball. It's dull. Nothing happens. It's like watching grass - no, Astroturf - grow

Just heard the best word in the English language: benign. (And I don't need to see that doctor again for five years.)

If I had followed my own rules - if I had eaten my own dog food - I would have created a digital book that is searchable and linkable, that can be corrected and updated and discussed and passed around. But I took my publisher's advance money. Hey, dog's gotta eat. The book publishing industry still works - for now - because it adds value with editing, promotion, sales, and cash.

What’s insidious about the fear of what others will say is that you rarely hear them say it. You imagine what they’d say. You imagine they care that much about you. The fragility of our own egos gets the better of us

Make linking to the rest an essential part of what you do best.