I see things differently when I'm focused on opening doors for other people, and more often than not, my doors are opened as well.
All artists are entrepreneurs. All entrepreneurs are artists.
In nearly every case, trying to lead everyone results in leading no one in particular.
It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.
The one path that never works is the most common one: doing nothing at all.
Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.