Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.
Be genuine. Be remarkable. Be worth connecting with.
By all means, fire the customers who aren't worth the time and the trouble. But understand that the moment you insist the customer is wrong, you've just started the firing process.
A book is a souvenir of an idea.
Don't try to be the 'next'. Instead, try to be the other, the changer, the new.
My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.