In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.

The less people know, the more they yell.

Don't wait to be picked. Pick yourself.

If you want customers to hear about you, make something worth talking about.

Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.

Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.

I'll confess that I don't watch the Olympics, but you'd have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the corruption and the expense. An amorphous organization with no transparency, unclear lines of responsibility, huge amounts of politics and a great deal of unearned power.