Average feels safe but it's not. It's invisible.

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.

I've never once met a successful blogger who questioned the personal value of what she did.

Choices lead to habits. Habits become talents. Talents are labeled gifts. You’re not born this way, you get this way.

Make more decisions. That's the only way to get better at it.

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.