Teaching young people to sell is a priceless gift.

Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.

The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.

So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.

Leaders who set out to give are more productive than leaders who seek to get.

Perhaps marketing is about to transition to a new kind of profession, one that requires insight, dedication and smarts.

The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.