The way the world works now, the way the rules of engagement operate, you can't claim to make sense out of the exterior without booking voyages into the interior. Think about it: How can you understand 'it' if you haven't made any effort to understand 'you'? Because what you're really doing is establishing a living, electrical, vital, energetic connection between it and you. You're creating both of them, simultaneously. A lot like quantum physics.

Nothing about becoming indispensable is easy. If it's easy, it's already been done and it's no longer valuable.

Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.

Criticism comes to those who stand out.

Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.

Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.

Giving people what they want isn't always what they want.