When you choose the benefits of an action, you also choose the drawbacks.

If you want to be an author, you can't only choose the finished novel and book signings. You are also choosing months of lonely typing. If you want to be a bodybuilder, you can't only choose the fit body and attention. You are also choosing the boring meals and calorie countin... See more

First, why is developing thick skin important?

Because “no” is normal.

There was a day when I looked up and realised that I had become someone who professionally replied to email, and who wrote as a hobby."

— Neil Gaiman

It's remarkable how often the real problem is not what happened, but how it was communicated."

Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.”