Don't create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

Listen to your fear but don't obey it.

Bullhorns are overrated: having ten times as many Twitter followers generates approximately zero times as much value.

Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.

The thing is, the future happens. Every single day, like it or not. Sure, tomorrow is risky, frightening and in some way represents one step closer to the end. But it also brings with it the possibility of better and the chance to do something that matters.

You can't win by being more average than average.