I was amplifying the negative at the expense of the positive, not to serve any useful function, not to make my writing better, but to destroy it. The lizard brain, so attuned to people laughing behind our backs, was on high alert for this sort of criticism and would do anything it could to stop me from writing again. I haven't sought out and read a review or a tweet since.

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

The enemy of fear is creativity.

The real power of tribes has nothing to do with the Internet and everything to do with people.

If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we're going to do important work

What evidence would you need to see to change your mind about this?

You can win with consistent benefits, delivered over time. You win by incrementally earning share, attention and trust.