We are leaving the industrial economy and entering the connection economy.

The problem with words is that they easily lose their meaning. Say something often enough and it becomes a tic, not an expression of how you actually feel. Not only that, but words rarely change things. Actions do.

Life is not about gutting out every situation. It's about identifying opportunity or the lack thereof. If your pride is all that is standing in the way of quitting, quit. The right people won't care and the wrong people don't matter. If you know you're on the right path, persevere though the pain. It will be worth it.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.

You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful.

After you produce you can select. you can curate. you can censor. But for now, have bad ideas, lots and lots of bad ideas.