One way to work the system is to work the system. The other way is to refuse to work it.

Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.

If your project or organization depends on knowing things that other people don't know (but could find out if they wanted to), your days are probably numbered. Ask a travel agent The alternative, while difficult, is obvious. Provide enough non-commodity service and customization that it doesn't matter if the ideas spread. In fact, it will help you when they do.

The question isn’t whether or not you should wait to be picked, the question is whether you care enough to pick yourself.

Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

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

And in a world where we have too many choices and too little time, the obvious thing to do is just ignore stuff. And my parable here is, you're driving down the road and you see a cow, and you keep driving 'cause you've seen cows before. Cows are invisible. Cows are boring. Who's going to stop and pull over and say, oh, look, a cow? Nobody.