One thing I’ve learned in my brief career: It’s the side projects that really take off. By side projects I mean the stuff that you thought was just m… - Austin Kleon

Being a valuable part of a scenius is not necessarily about how smart or talented you are, but about what you have to contribute — the ideas you share, the quality of the connections you make, and the conversations you start. If we forget about genius and think more about how we can nurture and contribute to a scenius, we can adjust our own expectations and the expectations of the worlds we want to accept us. We can stop asking what others can do for us, and start asking what we can do for others.

"In the first act, you get your hero up a tree. The second act, you throw rocks at him. For the third act, you let him down."- George Abbott

Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities. The idea that you can do anything is absolutely terrifying.