The answer to the question "where do good ideas come from" is always the same, the come from bad ideas. If you come up with 20 bad ideas you get one good one.

You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful.

Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.

Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.

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.

The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.

Great work is always shunned at first.