If you're not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.

No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.

Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek.

Initiative is the privilege of picking yourself.

Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.

The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security.

Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change.