If you have no wish, how can it possibly come true?
Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.
No one ever gets talker’s block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say, and sits quietly, for days or weeks, until the muse hits, until the moment is right, until all the craziness in his life has died down.
Every voice doesn’t matter – only the voices that move your idea forward, that make it better, that make you better, that make it more likely you will ship work that benefits your tribe.
A one-hit wonder is a legend who stopped early.
I’ve never once met a successful blogger who questioned the personal value of what she did.
Average feels safe but it’s not. It’s invisible.
Attention is a bit like real estate, in that they’re not making any more of it. Unlike real estate, though, it keeps going up in value.
If you’re not upsetting anyone, you’re not changing the status quo.
A product for everyone rarely reaches much of anyone.
Faith in yourself, in your friends, in your colleagues and most of all, faith in your ability to impact our future is the best strategy I know.
In other words, If you don’t take action, you won’t get any results You are not your resume, you are your work.
Plans are great, but missions are better.
Great stories agree with our worldview. The best stories don’t teach people anything new. Instead the best stories agree with what the audience already believes and makes the members of the audience feel smart and secure when reminded how right they were in the thirst place.
Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed. They want to be missed the day they don’t show up. They want to be missed when they’re gone.
Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.
We need students who can learn how to learn, who can discover how to push themselves and are generous enough and honest enough to engage with the outside world to make those dreams happen.
The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art.
If you can’t be remarkable, perhaps you should consider doing nothing until you can.