Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

Competition validates you. It creates a category. It permits the sale to be this or that, not yes or no.

Are you copying others? People won't pay extra for that. You won't be followed for that.

Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can count on and expectations they can stretch for.

The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact . . . those people have goals.

If it's work, we try to figure out how to do less, If it's art, we try to figure out how to do more

If you're not willing to face the abyss of choice, you will almost certainly not spend enough time dancing with opportunity.