Competency is only half the battle. Others have to know you are competent and believe you will continue to be. This is why some people have opportunities and succeed and others seem to just be on the outside every time. Competence is needed, but so is trust and trust only comes after familiarity. 

Ideas are easy. 

Building is hard. 

Build more and you will always create more value, for you and for others. 

 

Diligence is always more important than intelligence. 

Intelligent people can find success during the easy parts of life, pretty easily. 

Diligent people can succeed in all situations, and especially shine when life is hard. 

While actions speak louder than words in general, words, for some reason carry more weight when negative and critical. 

If you can apply what you know to be true, daily, you will always be in alignment and feel peace. 

We feel unfulfilled when we do not do what we know we should and are capable of based on the knowledge and faith we possess. 

When you truly believe in people, they will do anything for you. True belief has always been shown and proven through action.

In the end, the right technology will always be more productive than endless human labor. Especially when the technology in turn maximizes the efficiencies of the humans. Focus on solving problems with technology and you will find better solutions to non-human problems so you can devote more time to solving human-only challenges, like: fear, faith, courage, kindness, and compassion. 

Building is much better than preaching. 

Teaching is much better than criticizing. 

Encouraging is much better than condemning. 

Too many people don’t become better versions of who they really are. They become someone new, and that new person is not as powerful or wonderful as who they could have been if they had just stayed the course. Finding yourself is the opposite of abandoning who you are. 

People need to feel loved and wanted. 

Show love and they will know they are wanted.