You can't fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience.

Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.

We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing.

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

Say what you believe and see who follows.

A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there's the comfortable alternative instead? The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.

Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed.