Quotes about Engagement

Bullet points are not the point.

We don't need more noise, more variety, or more pitches. There's noise all around us, but it's often the idle chatter of people hiding in plain sight, or the selfish hustle of one more person who wants something from you. Our world is long on noise and short on meaningful connections and positive leadership.

Bloggers around the world are discovering that it's cheaper and faster and more effective to build their own media channels than it is to waste time arguing with the old ones.

Here's another way to describe the two axes: One asks, Can you see it? The other wonders, Do you care?

When you meet someone, you need to have a superpower.

Each of us can show up in our own way, but the choice is the same: to lead, to create work that matters, and to find the magic that happens when we are lucky enough to cocreate with people who care.

Your best customers become your new salespeople.

Think for a second about the people you know who are engaged, satisfied, eager to get to work. Most of them, I'll bet, make change. They challenge the status quo and push something forward—something they believe in. They lead.

It's not enough to find a niche that shares a worldview. That niche has to be ready and able to influence a large group of their friends.

Lean in, back off, but don't do nothing.

My friend didn't understand what it means to be in the world, to be present and aware.

The more important the project we take on, the more difficult it is to find certainty that our work will succeed before we begin. We can begin with this: If we failed, would it be worth the journey? Do you trust yourself enough to commit to engaging with a project regardless of the chances of success?