You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do, and you must.

The reason it seems that price is all your customers care about is that you haven't given them anything else to care about.

What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's something that people have wanted forever.

The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.

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.

Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.

Surprise and delight and connection are remarkable.