The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must.

It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.

As soon as we associate reading with a test, we've missed the point.

Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can.

Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.

One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.