Increasingly, There Are Only Two Kinds Of

My Problem With The Search For The Badge Of Real Is That It Trades Your Goals And Your Happiness For Someone Else's.

Now For The First Time, You Can Choose Yourself. You Can Be Responsible For What You Do And How You Do It. You Have To Do The Hard Work Of Finding And Pleasing An Audience.

What Makes Someone An Artist? I Don't Think Is Has Anything To Do With A Paintbrush. There Are Painters Who Follow The Numbers, Or Paint Billboards, Or Work In A Small Village In China, Painting Reproductions. These Folks, While Swell People, Aren't Artists. On The Other Hand, Charlie Chaplin Was An Artist, Beyond A Doubt. So Is Jonathan Ive, Who Designed The Ipod. You Can Be An Artist Who Works With Oil Paints Or Marble, Sure. But There Are Artists Who Work With Numbers, Business Models, And Customer Conversations. Art Is About Intent And Communication, Not Substances.

We Are Too Focused On Avoiding Criticism And Not Enough On Making A Difference.

The Future Isn't So Much About Absorbing Or Tolerating Change, It's About Making Change.