The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.

Successful people fail often, and, worth noting, learn more from that failure than everyone else.

When you can swim, who cares how deep the water is?

Your audacious life goals are fabulous. We're proud of you for having them. But it's possible that those goals are designed to distract you from the thing that's really frightening you--the shift in daily habits that would mean a re-invention of how you see yourself.

Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it

The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.

Faith in yourself, in your friends, in your colleagues and most of all, faith in your ability to impact our future is the best strategy I know.