My best advice: win little battles. Get in the habit of winning, of shipping, of having customers that can't live without you. Once you've demonstrated you know how to do the art, then go after the windmills.

Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.

Solving problems—actually solving them, not just claiming you do—solving perceived, urgent problems, is a surefire way to get the world to beat a path to your door.

Keep starting until you finish.

It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling.

Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work.

If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one.