We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing.

At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.

Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.

How often do our heroes stand still? It's hard to imagine Spock and Kirk landing on a planet and just relaxing for a month or two. Just hanging out has nothing to do with boldly going where no one has gone before. What makes us different from every other creature is that we go places, places we've not gone before. We do it willingly, and often. What makes our work and our life interesting is discovery, surprise, and the risk of exploration.

No is the foundation that we can build our yes on.

I'm not a psychopath-I'm wearing a tie!

Art is what we do when we're truly alive.