The young and the ambitious share a common risk: appearing naive.

You cannot ignore or completely escape the deeply ingrained short-term reward system within you. But you can become aware of what really motivates you and then tweak your incentives to sustain your long-term pursuits.

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.

Nothing extraordinary is achieved through ordinary means.

Among idealists and visionaries, there is no shortage of good intent, but there's often a shortage of discipline.

It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.

Overcome the stigma of self-marketing.