Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They're not in your business, but they're in your shoes. Finding a peer group and working with them, intentionally and on a regular schedule, might be the single biggest boost your career can experience.

Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.

I do not think you can get rid of the fear... but you can dance with it.

Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.

If you hear my idea but don't believe it, that's not your fault; it's mine. If you see my new product but don't buy it, that's my failure, not yours. If you attend my presentation and you're bored, that's my fault too.

As soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art.

I think that any time reality doesn't match your expectations, it means that marketing was involved.