Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.

Who gets to decide what you want?

People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.

You can game the social media in the short run, but not for long.

The goal in blogging/ business/ inspiring non-fiction is to share a truth, or at least a truth as the writer sees it. To not just share it, but to spread it and to cause change to happen. You can do that in at least three ways: with research (your own or reporting on others), by building and describing conceptual structures, or with stories that resonate.

Networking that matters is helping people achieve their goals.

'How was your day?' is a question that matters a lot more than it seems.