The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.

Keep starting until you finish.

If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.

New fashions (of all sorts) come from unexpected places, not from the arbiters of what's correct.

You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful.

If you're a marketer who doesn't know how to invent, design, influence, adapt, and ultimately discard products, then you're no longer a marketer. You're deadwood.

I'm not proposing that you let the crowd dictate, or that you work hard to fit in. Far from it. I'm proposing that you know the impact your choices are having and act accordingly.