The way I understand gifts is that the giver must make a sacrifice, create an uneven exchange, bring himself closer to the recipient, create change and do it all with the right spirit.

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.

Acknowledge to yourself that the factory job is dead. Having a factory job is not a natural state. It wasn't at the heart of being human until very recently. We've been culturally brainwashed.

Your success is no longer about your ability to do what you are told, and do it well.

When in doubt, tell yourself the truth.

Art changes posture and posture changes innocent bystanders.

No, everything is not going to be okay. It never is. It isn't okay now. Change, by definition, changes things