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.

In spite of whatever indications suggest that an idea might not work out, you have to be “foolish” enough to make the attempt to make it successful.

But it’s worth remembering that she started this work about seven years ago, when almost no one thought it was an especially viable idea. Since then, Marie Claire, Oprah Winfrey, and even President Obama’s White House have “discovered” her, and the reason most of us think her timing is perfect is because Kim and others like her had the foresight to

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.

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,

The size or weight of onlyness isn’t the point. Notice that it need not have a name, because that’s not the relevant part—only that you can understand enough of what matters to you to understand how to then act on it.

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.

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.