One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.

The digital asset that matters is trust. Awareness first, then interaction, and maybe a habit, but all three mean nothing if they don't lead to permission and trust. The privilege of connection. Everything else is slippery.

The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?

Marketing is the art of seeing (and then creating) what might be interesting to more than our friends

The market and the consumer and idea trump the system.

A business owner is the boss, but it's a job, a place that is stable and profitable. An entrepreneur is an artist of sorts, throwing his/herself into impossible situations and seeking out problems that require heart and guts to solve. Both are fine, but choose.

We don't become mediocre all at once, and we rarely do it on purpose.