Habits are more powerful than fears.

Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.

I don't think there's a shortage of remarkable ideas. I think your business has plenty of great opportunities to do great things. Nope, what's missing isn't the ideas. It's the will to execute them.

There are lots of good reasons to abandon a project. Having a little competition is not one of them.

Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.

By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

A business owner is the boss, but it's a job, a place that is stable and profitable. An entrepreneur is an artist of sorts, throwing his/herself into impossible situations and seeking out problems that require heart and guts to solve. Both are fine, but choose.