The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.

Remarkable work often comes from making choices when everyone else feels as though there is no choice.

Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.

Your biggest failure is the thing you dreamed of contributing but didn't find the guts to do.

Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn't be done.

The less people know, the more they yell.

Real change comes from finding and embracing and connecting and amplifying those that are inclined to like you and believe in you. Ideas spread from person to person, not so much from you to them. So find your biggest fans and give them a story to tell.