“Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance.”

“I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance…and if you have anxiety about initiating a project, then of course you will associate risk with failure.”

“If failure is not an option, then neither is success.”

“When you work under the cloud of anxiety, the best strategy is to play it safe, because if (when!) it fails, you’ll be blameless.”

“How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?”

“The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.”

“How was your day? If your answer was "fine," then I don't think you were leading.”