Now is not the time for reassurance: it’s the time for useful feedback.

Reassurance is helpful for people who seek out certainty, but successful artists realize that certainty isn’t required.

Author Scott Page has shown that as systems get more complex, diversity creates ever more benefits.

Problems have solutions. That’s what makes them problems. A problem without a solution isn’t a problem, it’s simply a situation.

True learning (as opposed to education) is a voluntary experience that requires tension and discomfort (the persistent feeling of incompetence as we get better at a skill).

“So far” and “not yet” are the foundation of every successful journey.

Yes, you’re an imposter. But you’re an imposter acting in service of generosity, seeking to make things better.

Focusing solely on outcomes forces us to make choices that are banal, short-term, or selfish. It takes our focus away from the journey and encourages us to give up too early.

Lost in this obsession with outcome is the truth that outcomes are the results of process. Good processes, repeated over time, lead to good outcomes more often than lazy processes do.