Build what you want to see in the world.
Everyone has an idea, but it's really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you with the idea.
Those words are from Lynda Barry's novel 'Cruddy.' I've carried them with me for some time. There's a lot in my life I wasn't expecting. One is the realization that I stood at this pulpit and delivered a reading for my own graduation...15 years ago. Unexpectedly, I'm old.
