The problem with meeting expectations is that it's not remarkable. It won't change the recipient of your work, and it's easy to emulate (which makes you easy to replace).

Work that matters for people who care is the shortest, most direct route to making a difference.

Your most generous and insightful work needs help finding the people it's meant to serve. And your most successful work will spread because you designed it to.

Becoming a linchpin is a stepwise process, a path in which you develop the attributes that make you indispensable. You can train yourself to matter. The first step is the most difficult, the step where you acknowledge that this is a skill, and like all skills, you can (and will) get better at it. Every day, if you focus on the gifts, art, and connections that characterize the linchpin, you'll become a little more indispensable.

Art is what we call it when we're able to create something new that changes someone.

But being busy for God and

What one does in one's art, that is the breath of one's being. What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about.

By making a soul connection, your true purpose in life will become the foundation of everything you do.

I'm not bored with my life. I'm not just making the records and touring, I would find that boring.

We need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.

On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.

Your life is much more important that you can imagine... it is your first treasure.