Organizations grow when they persuade a tiny cadre to be passionate, not when they touch millions with a mediocre message

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

Average feels safe but it's not. It's invisible.

But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.

The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.

The only people who get paid what they're worth are people who don't follow the instruction book, who create art, who are innovative, who work without a map.

The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.