There are lots of good reasons to abandon a project. Having a little competition is not one of them.

It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.

Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.

The industrial age brought compliance and compliance brought fear and fear brought us mediocrity.

Don't create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.

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.

... outsiders are way more likely to approach your organization with fabulous projects if they think they're likely to both get a good reception and succeed when they get to market.