Be with the ones you love (and the ones that love you.) Ignore everyone else.
Competent people are the most resistant to change
You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.
Earn trust, earn trust, earn trust. Then you can worry about the rest.
You gain converts by winning at something the existing provider didn't think was so important.
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.