Sometimes, we're so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing. After all, the thinking goes, if we can't be amazing all the time, better to reset the expectation to merely good. Which robs us of the ability to (sometimes) be amazing.

Tell your lizard (brain) to shut up.

Copy, not from your industry, from others. You have to go where there is no competition.

Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.

No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.

Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.

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