All motivation is self-motivation. Your family, your boss, or your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide what to accomplish, nothing will happen.

Everyone has a comfort zone. Worth considering: How hard (and how often) are you willing to work to get out of it? You can turn that into a habit if you choose.

If you can embrace the idea that your success and happiness are tied up in defeating the fear that's holding you back, you're 90 percent of the way to where you need to go, because no, we're not kids, and no, this is not a bike.

The rules are now clear: no one is going to inform you, but it's easier than ever to inform yourself.

You don't launch a popular blog, you build one.

Taking delight in the journey takes confidence. It pushes the envelope of design.

You gain converts by winning at something the existing provider didn't think was so important.