Dig your well before you're thirsty.

Choices lead to habits. Habits become talents. Talents are labeled gifts. You’re not born this way, you get this way.

Real change comes from finding and embracing and connecting and amplifying those that are inclined to like you and believe in you. Ideas spread from person to person, not so much from you to them. So find your biggest fans and give them a story to tell.

Low price is a great way to sell a commodity. That's not marketing though, that's efficiency.

Too often, we don't give people the opportunity to fill in the blanks.

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

Go ahead, fail. Try to avoid mistakes, though.