We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative.

What I mean by art is the human act of doing something that connects us to someone else

Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.

Once you have permission to talk to someone, finding new products or services for them is a smart way to grow.

Just imagine how much you'd get done if you stopped actively sabotaging your own work.

But if the cow is purple, you'd notice it, OK? The thing that's going to decide what gets talked about, what gets done, what gets changed, what gets purchased, what gets built is, is it remarkable? And remarkable's a really cool word 'cause we think it just means neat, but it also means worth making a remark about, and that is the essence of where idea diffusion is going.

Effort is its own reward if you allow it to be.