The good news is that more than ever, value accrues to those that show up, those that make a difference, those that do work that matters.

What evidence would you need to see to change your mind about this?

Now for the first time, you can choose yourself. You can be responsible for what you do and how you do it. You have to do the hard work of finding and pleasing an audience.

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

What we most need in our lives, though, is something worth doing, worth it because we care.

It's not reckless, because when we leap, when we dive in, when we begin, only begin, we bring our true nature to the project, we make it personal and urgent. And it's not abandon, not in the sense that we've abandoned our senses or our responsibility. In fact, abandoning the fear of fear that is holding us back is the single best way not to abandon the work, the pure execution of the work. Later, there's time to backpedal and water down. But right now, reckless please.

Data is not useful until it becomes information.