The problem with putting it all on the line is that it might not work out. The problem with not putting it all on the line is that it will never (ever) change things for the better. Not much of a choice, I think.

It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.

I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.

Ideas aren't a sideshow that make our factory a little more valuable. Our factory is a sideshow that makes our ideas a little more valuable!

The best way to be missed when you're gone is to stand for something when you're here.

The goal in blogging/ business/ inspiring non-fiction is to share a truth, or at least a truth as the writer sees it. To not just share it, but to spread it and to cause change to happen. You can do that in at least three ways: with research (your own or reporting on others), by building and describing conceptual structures, or with stories that resonate.

If you measure it, it will improve.