Competition validates you. It creates a category. It permits the sale to be this or that, not yes or no.

The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.

Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.

If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.

Your generosity is more important than your perfection.

Figure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.