Be personal. Be relevant. Be specific.

The job is not the work.

We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing.

The challenge is simple: Quitting when you hit the Dip is a bad idea. If the journey you started was worth doing, then quitting when you hit the Dip just wastes the time you’ve already invested. Quit in the Dip often enough and you’ll find yourself becoming a serial quitter, starting many things but accomplishing little. Simple: If you can’t make it through the Dip, don’t start. If you can embrace that simple rule, you’ll be a lot choosier about which journeys you start.

Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you're an artist.

My problem with the search for the badge of real is that it trades your goals and your happiness for someone else's.

Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic.