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The Opportunity Is Not In Being Momentarily Popular With The Anonymous Masses. It's In Being Missed When You're Gone, In Doing Work That Matters To The Tribe You Choose.

You Can Be Right Or You Can Have Empathy. You Can't Do Both.

The Biggest Takeaway For Anyone Seeking To Write Is This: Don't Go Looking For The Way Other Authors Do Their Work. You Won't Find Many Who Are Consistent Enough To Copy, And There Are Enough Variations In Approach That It's Obvious That It's Not Like Hitting Home Runs Or Swinging A Golf Club. There Isn't A Standard Approach, There's Only What Works For You (and What Doesn't).

Great Projects, Like Great Careers And Relationships That Last, Are Gardens. They Are Tended, They Shift, They Grow. They Endure Over Time, Gaining A Personality And Reflecting Their Environment. When Something Dies Or Fades Away, We Prune, Replant And Grow Again.

Success Brings With It The Fear Of Blowing It. With More To Lose, There's More Pressure Not To Lose It.