In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for.

Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

Acknowledge to yourself that the factory job is dead. Having a factory job is not a natural state. It wasn't at the heart of being human until very recently. We've been culturally brainwashed.

Put aside your need for a step-by-step manual and instead realize that analogies are your best friend.

If you're a marketer who doesn't know how to invent, design, influence, adapt, and ultimately discard products, then you're no longer a marketer. You're deadwood.

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.

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