wonderful draft,” Holmes replied to the e-mailed

Convincing a group to do your bidding simply because you demand it is not actually a useful change, it’s simply capitulation.

The two roles of rebel and leader can be reconciled in the form of the protagonist. A protagonist is a principal champion of a cause or program or action.

Which brings us to the third lesson of claiming one’s only: valuing your full self, even those parts that others might disparage.

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.

Despite the benefits that accrue as you build a network, any effort to change the world will eventually be criticized, or even chastised.

I’ve been following your work and I have an idea for how we can create value together and get something done.

onlyness: a different point of view grounded in one’s history and experience, visions, and hopes.

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.