Competence Is No Longer Scarce.

One Theory Says That If You Treat People Well, You're More Likely To Encourage Them To Do What You Want, Making All The Effort Pay Off. Do This, Get That. Another One, Which I Prefer, Is That You Might Consider Treating People With Kindness Merely Because You Can. Regardless Of What They Choose To Do In Response, This Is What You Choose To Do. Because You Can.

Defending Mediocrity Is Exhausting.

We Are Too Focused On Avoiding Criticism And Not Enough On Making A Difference.

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.

Way More Productive, I Think, To Push Yourself To Be More In The World, Not To Encourage Yourself To Hide.