Tom Peters instructs in his customary bravado to “create your own microequivalent of the Nike swoosh. - Keith Ferrazzi

Also try to create your own “schtick,” for lack of a better word — a content brand defined by that thing you do that no one else does. For example, there’s a guy named Noah Scalin whose project was to make a “Skull-A-Day” and post pictures of them all at skulladay.blogpost.com. He committed to doing it for a full year.

Living a connected life leads one to take a different view. Life is less a quest than a quilt. We find meaning, love, and prosperity through the process of stitching together our bold attempts to help others find their own way in their lives. The relationships we weave become an exquisite and endless pattern.

If you plan your whole life, by definition you can’t get lucky. So you have to leave that little slot open.