In other words, If you don't take action, you won't get any results You are not your resume, you are your work

Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.

Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year of not doing it right, I could talk to people and get them to sit up straight, take different kinds of chances, to breathe differently, to engage in the moment in the boat. And I changed them, and I changed me in the process.

By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.

Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.

It's not reckless, because when we leap, when we dive in, when we begin, only begin, we bring our true nature to the project, we make it personal and urgent. And it's not abandon, not in the sense that we've abandoned our senses or our responsibility. In fact, abandoning the fear of fear that is holding us back is the single best way not to abandon the work, the pure execution of the work. Later, there's time to backpedal and water down. But right now, reckless please.