Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.

Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important.

The world is begging for you to lead.

Playing safe is very risky.

Most of your competition spend their days looking forward to those rare moments when everything goes right. Imagine how much leverage you have if you spend your time maximizing those common moments when it doesn't.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

If you've got the platform and the ability to make a difference, then this goes beyond 'should' and reaches the level of 'must.' You must make a difference or you squander the opportunity. Wasting the opportunity both degrades your own ability to contribute and, more urgently, takes something away from the rest of us.