The only purpose of starting is to finish, and while the projects we do are never really finished, they must ship. - Seth Godin

The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.

Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with even more resistance. Products, services, career paths - whatever it is, the forces for mediocrity will align to stop you, forgiving no errors and never backing down until it's over. If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist.

You are not your work. Your work is a series of choices made with generous intent to cause something to happen. We can always learn to make better choices.