Surprise Comes From Defying Expectations.

I Was Amplifying The Negative At The Expense Of The Positive, Not To Serve Any Useful Function, Not To Make My Writing Better, But To Destroy It. The Lizard Brain, So Attuned To People Laughing Behind Our Backs, Was On High Alert For This Sort Of Criticism And Would Do Anything It Could To Stop Me From Writing Again. I Haven't Sought Out And Read A Review Or A Tweet Since.

A Big Part Of Doing Your Work Is Defending Your Time And Your Attention So You Can Do Your Work.

Whining Isn't A Scalable Solution.

The Job Isn't To Catch Up To The Status Quo; The Job Is To Invent The Status Quo.

Today, Not Starting Is Far, Far Worse Than Being Wrong. If You Start, You've Got A Shot At Evolving And Adjusting To Turn Your Wrong Into A Right. But If You Don't Start, You Never Get A Chance.