Competence Is No Longer A Scarce Commodity.

Being An Artist Isn't A Genetic Disposition Or A Specific Talent. It's An Attitude We Can All Adopt. It's A Hunger To Seize New Ground, Make Connections, And Work Without A Map. If You Do Those Things, You're An Artist.

I Learned That A Long Walk And Calm Conversation Are An Incredible Combination If You Want To Build A Bridge.

Give Up Control And Give It Away ... The More You Give Your Idea Away, The More Your Company Is Going To Be Worth.

If You Set Your Bar At 'amazing' It's Awfully Difficult To Start. Your First Paragraph, Sketch, Formula, Sample Or Concept Isn't Going To Be Amazing. Your Tenth One Might Not Be Either. Confronted With The Gap Between Your Vision Of Perfect And The Reality Of What You've Created, The Easiest Path Is No Path. Shrug. Admit Defeat. Hit Delete. One More Reason To Follow Someone Else And Wait For Instructions. Of Course, The Only Path To Amazing Runs Directly Through Not-yet-amazing. But Not-yet-amazing Is A Great Place To Start, Because That's Where You Are.

If We Can Fall In Love With Serving People, Creating Value, Solving Problems, Building Valuable Connections And Doing Work That Matters, It Makes It Far More Likely We're Going To Do Important Work