If you want to be a leader, go lead

Way more productive, I think, to push yourself to be more in the world, not to encourage yourself to hide.

We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid.

Care. Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.

Don't fix me; Love me for what's broken.

If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.

It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work, making the greatest impact, and changing the most.