How do I dance with the fear? Fear is not the enemy. Paralysis is the enemy.

You have to pay the price to be in the right place at the right time often enough that people tend to see you as the regular kind.

The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.

Turn strangers into friends. Turn friends into donors. And then do the most important job: Turn your donors into fundraisers.

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

It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.

Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.