Human beings, thanks to culture and genetics, are inclined to be pessimistic, fearful, skeptical and believers in conspiracy theories. We also don't like change.

The nature of revolutions is that they destroy the perfect and enable the impossible.

There's no correlation between how good your idea is and how likely your organization will be to embrace it.

Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.

Everyone has a comfort zone. Worth considering: How hard (and how often) are you willing to work to get out of it? You can turn that into a habit if you choose.

It always feels too soon to leap. But you have to. Because that's the moment between you and remarkable.

Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.