While the tendency to generate ideas is rather natural, the path to making them happen is tumultuous.

Ideas are worthless if you can’t make them happen.

Overcome the stigma of self-marketing.

When a lot of people are calling you crazy: you're either crazy, or you're onto something.

All great inventions emerge from a long sequence of small sparks; the first idea often isn’t all that good, but thanks to collaboration it later sparks another idea, or it’s reinterpreted in an unexpected way. Collaboration brings small sparks together to generate breakthrough innovation.

When the next step is unclear, the best way to figure it out is to take action. Constant motion is the key to execution.

We will ultimately live in a perpetual data-driven talent edition. Everything you create will be measured and tracked by others through comments, share, and likes. Your work will come up on the radar of potential employers and clients, and the data will tell them if you are worth talking to or hiring.