Turn strangers into friends. Turn friends into donors. And then do the most important job: Turn your donors into fundraisers.

You can't fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience.

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.

The challenge is simple: Quitting when you hit the Dip is a bad idea. If the journey you started was worth doing, then quitting when you hit the Dip just wastes the time you’ve already invested. Quit in the Dip often enough and you’ll find yourself becoming a serial quitter, starting many things but accomplishing little. Simple: If you can’t make it through the Dip, don’t start. If you can embrace that simple rule, you’ll be a lot choosier about which journeys you start.

The sooner we realize that the world has changed, the sooner we can accept it and make something of what we've got. Whining isn't a scalable solution.

Own your dreams. There is no better way to make them happen.