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

If there isn't a good reason, go home. If there is, then do something ... loud, now, and memorable.

What we most need in our lives, though, is something worth doing, worth it because we care.

The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.

The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build a permission asset, build a blog, build a following, build credibility and build the connections you'll need later.

Decide, before you start, that you're going to change three things about what you do all day at work. Then, as you're reading, find the three things and do it. The goal of the reading, then, isn't to persuade you to change, it's to help you choose what to change.

Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).