I believe that all visions come with a how-to strategy if you look more closely at them.

We set a goal, we reach it, we feel great. Unless, of course, we feel empty or flustered or anxious that what we’re doing isn’t working to fill the hole in our soul.

First, get clear on how you want to feel. Then, do stuff that makes you feel that way. Without exception, everything on our to-do, to-get, to-experience lists originates in the feelings we desire.

fabulous TEDTalk he gives on the war on work. His masterfully told story begins with a tale of castrating sheep, winds through some Greek philosophy, and lands on this insight: “Clean and dirty aren’t opposites; they are two sides of the same coin. Just like innovation and imitation, risk and responsibility.”

When we go through the process of justifying our feelings and our reasoning for doing something, it’s corrosive to our inner integrity and even our logic.

She’s righteous. She likes to be appreciated. Genius is like that.

I want the “privilege of a lifetime,” as Joseph Campbell called it, “of being myself.”

So here’s where to start with it all. Anchor into this reality and truth: You are offering the world something that you wholeheartedly believe in.

3. WHEN DO YOU FEEL POWERFUL, PASSIONATE, FREE, INCREDIBLY USEFUL, EXCITED, INSPIRED?