The Power of Onlyness

You’re standing in a spot in the world that only you stand in, a function of your history and experiences, visions, and hopes. From this spot where only you stand, you offer a distinct point of view, novel insights, and even groundbreaking ideas.

You can always find time for things that matter by consuming less and creating more.

“What do I do that adds remarkable, measurable, distinguished, distinctive value?”

How you respond to a situation like this—a challenge, a new situation, something that bothers you—depends very much on who you are, what you care about, and why.

first, by being willing to be foolish; second, by acting without evidence that he would succeed; and third, by enlisting help from some crucial new allies.

Luckily, there’s an easily accessible antidote to imposter syndrome. It is simply to be yourself, and to be so deeply committed to a purpose that what matters is not how you appear to others but what is actually served.

Today, networks offer a new way to get things done. Any collection of people can pursue ideas together without organizational authority or hierarchies.* When value creation is institutional and hierarchical, the vast majority of people are treated as cogs, dispensable and replaceable. But when value creation is networked, the distinct ideas, judgme

Conviction is willingness to do the work, to live with uncertainty, to be open to asking for help, and not to worry about the end result.

First, you stand in that spot in the world that only you stand in, then you meaningfully connect with others so that you (and, more to the point, your ideas) finally have a new pathway in.

For your idea to even have a chance, you have to give it room to grow.