Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
The combination of fear and ignorance (two sides of the same coin) can be paralyzing.
The nature of revolutions is that they destroy the perfect and enable the impossible.
Way more productive, I think, to push yourself to be more in the world, not to encourage yourself to hide.
Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things happen) is much more satisfying then just getting a paycheck and waiting to get fired (or die).
One way to sell a consumer something in the future is simply to get his or her permission in advance.