Playing safe is very risky.

Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.

The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.

Competition validates you. It creates a category. It permits the sale to be this or that, not yes or no.

Art is the act of doing work that matters while dancing with the voice in your head that screams for you to stop.

The one path that never works is the most common one: doing nothing at all.

Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.