The Enemy Of Fear Is Creativity.

Nobody Says, 'yeah, I'd Like To Set Myself Up For Some Serious Criticism!' And Yet, The Only Way To Be Remarkable Is To Do Just That.

Finding New Ways, More Clever Ways To Interrupt People Doesn't Work.

The Only Thing Leaders Have In Common Is The Shared Decision To Lead.

The Joy Of Art Is Particularly Sweet, Though, Because It Carries With It The Threat Of Rejection, Of Failure, And Of Missed Connections. It's Precisely The High-wire Act Of "this Might Not Work" That Makes Original Art Worth Doing.

Here's The Fascinating Part, Call It The Golden Shoulder: We Have No Idea In Advance Who The Great Contributors Are Going To Be. We Know That There's A Huge Cohort Of People Struggling Outside The Boundaries Of The Curated, Selected Few, But We Don't Know Who They Are.