Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.

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

If you can raise money, you're never going to have trouble getting a job.

Traditional corporations, particularly large-scale service and manufacturing businesses are organized for efficiency. Or consistency. But not joy. Joy comes from surprise and connection and humanity and transparency and new...If you fear special requests, if you staff with cogs, if you have to put it all in a manual, then the chances of amazing someone are really quite low.

You can't control other people, and giving them the power to decide if you will continue to produce good work is foolish.

Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say.

My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.