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

Data is not useful until it becomes information.

The job is not the work.

Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.

Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.

How often do our heroes stand still? It's hard to imagine Spock and Kirk landing on a planet and just relaxing for a month or two. Just hanging out has nothing to do with boldly going where no one has gone before. What makes us different from every other creature is that we go places, places we've not gone before. We do it willingly, and often. What makes our work and our life interesting is discovery, surprise, and the risk of exploration.

You market when you hire and when you fire. You market when you call tech support, and you market every time you send a memo.