Whining isn't a scalable solution.

People watch what you do more than listen to what you say.

Dig your well before you're thirsty.

The resistance is the voice in your head telling you to use bullets in your PowerPoint slides...It’s the voice that tells you to leave controversial ideas out of the paper you’re writing, because the teacher won’t like them. The resistance pushes relentlessly for you to fit in.

'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'

If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.

The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.