If you set your bar at 'amazing' it's awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn't going to be amazing. Your tenth one might not be either. Confronted with the gap between your vision of perfect and the reality of what you've created, the easiest path is no path. Shrug. Admit defeat. Hit delete. One more reason to follow someone else and wait for instructions. Of course, the only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing. But not-yet-amazing is a great place to start, because that's where you are.

Play a new game, not the older game but faster.

Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.

Competent people are the most resistant to change

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

When we intentionally seek out the difficult tasks, we're much more likely to actually create value.

In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre.