We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate.

You don't have to settle for the status quo, for being good enough, for getting by, for working all night.

Design is the last great competitive advantage.

Positive thinking is hard. Worth it, though.

The essence of marketing today is to tell a story to people who want to hear it, in a way that resonates with them so they are likely to either respond or connect to you, or tell their friends.

Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.

I find that I have about six bloggable ideas a day. I also find that writing twice as long a post doesn't increase communication, it usually decreases it. And finally, I found that people get antsy if there are unread posts in their queue.