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Too often, mediocrity rises to the top. I watch marginally talented people get fame they didn’t deserve, land gigs they didn’t earn, make money they didn’t work for and achieve success they didn’t sweat for. Meanwhile, I’m hustling my ass off, doing legitimately great work, work that actually improves humanity’s future, and the marketplace yawns at my efforts while greatness passes the world by like a fart in the…

In baseball, just over a hundred players hit a homerun on their first at bat. Makes sense. That’s a lot of pressure without a lot of experience. Most players are lucky enough to eek out single, barely get on first, maybe steal a base or two; then, with smart running, a solid lineup and little luck – score – then hustle back to the dugout in the hopes of…

Creativity isn’t hard. It’s simply a matter finding the best path for us. We can ingest substances that lower our inhibitions, enhance our creative flair and broaden our minds. We can surround ourselves with creative, why-not-people whose artistic energies echo into our world. We can expose ourselves to inspiring materials that disturb us to the point that we have no choice but to start creating something of our own….

Every time I read an article about someone in my field doing something amazing, my heart always ends up in conflict with itself. The fundamentally affirmative part of me encourages people’s success to inspire my own productivity: Good for you. Right on, man. I am genuinely delighted for your success, thrilled by your accomplishments and fueled by your energy. In fact, I’m going to use your life as a…

The hard part about hiring yourself is, every paycheck is different. Some are big, some are small, and in lean times, some are not existent. But we asked for this. It’s all part of the job description. The minute we go out on our own, we forego financial stability. We trade in consistent and predictable compensation for the freedom to follow our dreams without looking over our shoulder. And…

The hard part about working alone is the lack of accountability. With the exception of our clients, there’s nobody to say when we’re toast. Nobody to hold our feet to the fire. Nobody to care if we don’t execute. Nobody to yell if we stroll in to work at eleven.  Nobody to bust our chops when sales decline. Nobody to give feedback on a poor performance. Nobody to offer…

Tom Petty said that waiting is the hardest part. That everyday, we see one more card, take it on faith and take it to the heart. And even though it doesn’t feel like heaven right now, we can’t let it get to us, and we can’t let it kill us. Good point. But what happens when waiting feels like the only part? What happens when every day fells like…

Turn on the television for five minutes, and you’ll observe the barrage of celebrity divorces, canceled programming, corporate failures, broken systems, massive layoffs, abandoned projects, public resignations and product recalls. Why? Because our society worships incompleteness. First, because we’re not finishers. That’s too much pressure. We’d rather have ideas than actually execute them. We’d rather talk a big game than actually play one. Otherwise we might actually have to…

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It shouldn’t be this easy to look this good. But that’s the state of our society. Thanks to online anonymity, civility is gone. And since nobody expects manners, sometimes all we have to do is act polite and courteous with people. Thanks to reality television, talent is gone. And since nobody expects ability, sometimes all we have to do is be really good for people. Thanks to social tagging,…