Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work.

Give up control and give it away ... The more you give your idea away, the more your company is going to be worth.

Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map.

Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.

The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.

The goal is to be on the hook, not to let someone else do the scary parts.

The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.