Don't try to be the 'next'. Instead, try to be the other, the changer, the new.

Figure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.

Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value.

Set up a life you don't need to escape from.

Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got to find the people who care. Those people are worth all of your time.

Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise.

A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there's the comfortable alternative instead? The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.