Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.

If you measure it, it will improve.

It's easy to be afraid of taking a plunge, because, after all, plunging is dangerous. And the fear is a safe way to do nothing at all. Wading, on the other hand, gets under the radar. It gives you a chance to begin.

Embracing the fear of freedom, deciding to determine your own path, this is the work of a grownup.

If you're not willing to get your 'worst one ever' out of the way, how will you possibly do better than that?

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

If you hear my idea but don't believe it, that's not your fault; it's mine. If you see my new product but don't buy it, that's my failure, not yours. If you attend my presentation and you're bored, that's my fault too.