Competence Is No Longer Scarce.

It's Easy To Pretend Expertise When There's No Data To Contradict You.

Empathy Requires Something Extremely Difficult: Accepting The Fact That We Are Not And Never Will Be In The Other Person's Shoes. There's No Rational, Universal Course Because Individuals Have Different Goals, Different Worldviews And Different Experiences.

Lack Of Resources (payroll), Time And Competing Priorities Are Why So Many Nonprofits Haven't Done Well. It's That Simple.

The Only Way To Get What You're Worth Is To Stand Out, To Exert Emotional Labor, To Be Seen As Indispensable, And To Produce Interactions That Organizations And People Care Deeply About.

If You Have A Book To Write, Write It. If You Want To Record An Album, Record It. No Need To Wait For Someone In A Cubicle Halfway Across The Country To Decide If You're Worthy.