If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

The enemy of creativity... is fear. We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.

People watch what you do more than listen to what you say.

Effort is its own reward if you allow it to be.

As soon as we associate reading with a test, we've missed the point.