You don't need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment.

Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.

Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money.

Not only must you be an artist, must you be generous, and must you be able to see where you can help but you must also be aware. Aware of where your skills are welcomed.

As soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art.

Do the emotional labor of working on things that others fear.

Decide, before you start, that you're going to change three things about what you do all day at work. Then, as you're reading, find the three things and do it. The goal of the reading, then, isn't to persuade you to change, it's to help you choose what to change.