### **Yes. Now.**
I am an artist. • I take initiative • I do the work, not the job. •
Without critics, there is no art. • **I am a Linchpin. I am not easily replaced****.** • If it's never been done before, even better. • The work is personal, too important to phone
in. • The lizard brain is powerless in the face of art. • I make it happen. Every day. • **Every interaction is an opportunity to make a
connection****.** • The past is gone. It has no power. The future depends on choices I make now.
• I own the means of production—the system isn't as important as my
contribution to it. • I see the essential truth unclouded by worldview,
and that truth drives my decisions. • I lean into the work, not away
from it. **Trivial work doesn't require
leaning.** • Busywork is too easy. Rule-breaking works better and
is worth the effort. • Energy is contagious. The more I put in, the more
the world gives back. • It doesn't matter if I'm always right. It
matters that _I'm always moving_. • I raise the bar. I know yesterday's innovation is today's standard. • I will not be brainwashed into believing in the status quo. • **Artists don't care about credit. We care about change.** • There is no resistance if I don't allow it to defeat me. • I embrace a lack of structure to find a new path. • I am
surprising. (And often surprised). • I donate energy and risk to the
cause. • I turn charisma into leadership. • The work matters. • **Go. Make something happen.**
**Source:** <http://www.squidoo.com/linchpin>
**Book:** [Linchpin: Are You
Indispensable?](http://pashley.org/8y)