The goal in blogging/ business/ inspiring non-fiction is to share a truth, or at least a truth as the writer sees it. To not just share it, but to spread it and to cause change to happen. You can do that in at least three ways: with research (your own or reporting on others), by building and describing conceptual structures, or with stories that resonate.

We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.

Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.

If you're working with a spreadsheet or a thread of correspondence or a set of data, I'm not sure you're doing your best work if you're doing it on an iPhone.

Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.

The question isn’t whether or not you should wait to be picked, the question is whether you care enough to pick yourself.

Teaching young people to sell is a priceless gift.