Competence is no longer scarce.

If you can't be remarkable, perhaps you should consider doing nothing until you can.

It always feels too soon to leap. But you have to. Because that's the moment between you and remarkable.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

If failure is not an option, neither is success. Innovation is just repeated failure till you come up with something that works.

...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

I've never once met a successful blogger who questioned the personal value of what she did.