There's no map for being an artist.
The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.
Marketing is a contest for people's attention.
Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.
An organization filled with honest, motivated, connected, eager, learning, experimenting, ethical and driven people will always defeat the one that merely has talent. Every time.
Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.