At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.

So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.

The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.

If you speak up online and your ideas have currency, people are going to show up and want to connect with you. What we need more of are people with the guts and emotional labour to do this. The greatest shortage in today's society is an instinct to produce.

You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do, and you must.

You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident.

Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our productivity, leverage and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it. The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less.