Novelist Ernest Hemingway on acting with confidence while living with humility:

"Be humble after but not during the action."

Two simple rules:

1. You get better at what you practice.


2. Everything is practice.

"Your biological age is the number of days you've lived.

Your psychological age is the number of thoughts you've entertained.

Your sociological age is the number of contributions you've made."

"The key is to enjoy hanging out on the edge. That is, you find it interesting to attempt things one step beyond where you are right now. It could be the edge of your ability or the edge of your knowledge or the edge of your network.

If you reach — but just a little — and you do it every week, then you'll take on challenges that are manageable... See more