Embracing the fear of freedom, deciding to determine your own path, this is the work of a grownup.

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

The problem with the race to the bottom is that you might win

The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.

This notion that it is up to each person to innovation in some way flies in the face of the industrial age, but you know what, the industrial age is over.

The market ... demands a signal from you that you're serious, powerful, accepted, and safe.

You don't need more time in your day. You need to decide.