The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing

Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

The world doesn't owe you a living, but just when you needed it, a door was opened for you to make a difference.

Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no progress is made isn’t particularly effective either. No, the best path is an endless series of difficult (but achievable) hills.

At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.

Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.