People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

The job is not the work.

People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.

Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes.

There's no life-work balance. I think you have to have the discipline to have the life you want to have. And if you are stealing from one part of your life in order to make the other part work, you are going to pay for it.

Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.

Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.