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

Competence is the enemy of change!

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

Solving problems—actually solving them, not just claiming you do—solving perceived, urgent problems, is a surefire way to get the world to beat a path to your door.

Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.

If you believe that a given situation should make you unhappy, then it will, and the unhappiness will then reinforce the condition.

The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security.