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Great work is the result of seeking out tension, not avoiding it.
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If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.
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One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.
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The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations: It’s a process, not an event.
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'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?
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Tell your lizard (brain) to shut up.
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Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.
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Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn't be done.
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As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.
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Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.
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If you treat your employees like mushrooms (keep them in the dark and regularly throw crap on them), it's entirely likely you will get precisely the work you deserve in return.
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Without a specific reason for the consumer to behave, without a reward or benefit, the overwhelmed consumer will refuse.
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Competition validates you. It creates a category. It permits the sale to be this or that, not yes or no.
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If you're working with a spreadsheet or a thread of correspondence or a set of data, I'm not sure you're doing your best work if you're doing it on an iPhone.
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The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.
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So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
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If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?
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And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.
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Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They're not in your business, but they're in your shoes. Finding a peer group and working with them, intentionally and on a regular schedule, might be the single biggest boost your career can experience.
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But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.
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The devil doesn't need an advocate. The brave need supporters, not critics
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Life is not about gutting out every situation. It's about identifying opportunity or the lack thereof. If your pride is all that is standing in the way of quitting, quit. The right people won't care and the wrong people don't matter. If you know you're on the right path, persevere though the pain. It will be worth it.
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Most people are searching for a path to success that is both easy and certain. Most paths are neither.
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Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our effort to imagine every possible way to avoid the outcome that is causing us fear, and failing that, to survive the thing that we fear if it comes to fruition.
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