You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident.

Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our effort to imagine every possible way to avoid the outcome that is causing us fear, and failing that, to survive the thing that we fear if it comes to fruition.

Shame must be accepted to be effective.

Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you.

The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.

The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity.

Perhaps marketing is about to transition to a new kind of profession, one that requires insight, dedication and smarts.