The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security.

Figure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.

Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

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.

Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.

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.

Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.