30 Days of Genius- Jared Leto

Jared Leto's words are in bold. My comments are in italics.

• "Don’t wait for permission to jump into action"
• Just do the things you want to do. Today, as opposed to the last hundred thousand years of our existence, we can do things without permission from others. Screw it, just do it.

• "We all have the ability- and the right- to succeed gloriously and fail gloriously"
• Failing is a theme of this series. We can all be as high or as low as we want to be. And often, we are both. But we have the ability to do anything as well as we want to! BAM! INSPIRATION!

• "The deeper that you dive, the greater everything will be. The reward, the contribution that you’re able to make, the truth, the authenticity"
• Commitment to somethings makes you greater at it. Jared was talking about acting, but applied it more broadly. Anything you fully commit to, you will find an honest passion and truth within that activity.

• "You don’t have to do things well for them to be worthy"
• Don't let barriers to greatness act as barriers to experimentation. Do things that are fun, or interesting, or different just because you feel like it. You will learn something.

• "I only succeed a little bit because I fail a lot" 
• No surprises there for anyone who has listened to any of these sessions. Success is the opposite end of the hourglass from failure. One does not live without the other. 

• "Just keep making art. Let other people decide if it’s good or bad. And while they’re deciding, just keep making art"
• At Andy Warhol’s first show in Los Angeles, he sold 0 works. He then went on to be the best known and most successful artist of the last 100 years. 
• Do what you love to do. Experiment, create, put things out there. Do not think about judgement or feedback, just explore the limits of your art.