You're Competing Against People In A State

A Well-defined Backup Plan Is Sabotage Waiting To Happen. Why Push Through The Dip, Why Take The Risk, Why Blow It All When There's The Comfortable Alternative Instead? The People Who Break Through Usually Have Nothing To Lose, And They Almost Never Have A Backup Plan.

The Only People Who Get Paid What They're Worth Are People Who Don't Follow The Instruction Book, Who Create Art, Who Are Innovative, Who Work Without A Map.

Desire Can't Be Sated, Because If It Is, The Longing Disappears And Then We've Failed, Because Desire Is The State We Seek.

Sometimes, We're So Focused On Being Consistent That We Also Lower The Bar On Amazing. After All, The Thinking Goes, If We Can't Be Amazing All The Time, Better To Reset The Expectation To Merely Good. Which Robs Us Of The Ability To (sometimes) Be Amazing.

When You Put Your Ideas In The World, Then, And Only Then, Do You Know If They're Real.