It's far easier to put your future into someone else's hands than it is to slog your way forward, owning the results as you go.

That's your opportunity - to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.

Isn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point.

I've never once met a successful blogger who questioned the personal value of what she did.

The largest enemy of change isn't 'no', it's 'not yet' - that is the easiest way to forestall change.

Organizations grow when they persuade a tiny cadre to be passionate, not when they touch millions with a mediocre message

If you speak up online and your ideas have currency, people are going to show up and want to connect with you. What we need more of are people with the guts and emotional labour to do this. The greatest shortage in today's society is an instinct to produce.