It's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are. - Austin Kleon

Don’t be afraid to be an early adopter — jump on a new platform and see if there’s something interesting you can do with it.

The months leading up to World War II were some of the most terrible months in the life of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, as they “helplessly and hopelessly” watched events unfold. Leonard said one of the most horrible things was listening to Hitler’s rants on the radio — “the savage and insane ravings of a vindictive underdog who suddenly saw himself to be all-powerful.

It is actually true that life is all about "who you know". But who you know is largely dependent on who you are and what you do, and the people you know can't do anything for you if you're not doing good work.