Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can.
If not enough people doubt you, you're not making a difference.
Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.
We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative.
There's no shortage of great ideas. There's a shortage of execution.
The less people know, the more they yell.