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Art is what we do when we're truly alive.
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Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.
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The only reason to buy a paper book any longer is to own it and cherish it and remember it and tell a story about it.
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Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.
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Becoming a superstar takes about 10,000 hours of hard work.
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No one knows more about the way you think than you do.
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Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.
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If there isn't a good reason, go home. If there is, then do something ... loud, now, and memorable.
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The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference, the first thing you do should be to lay tracks to accomplish your goals, not to hear how others have reacted/ responded/ insisted to what happened yesterday.
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Competition and the market are like water, they go where they want
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Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.
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When your art fails, make better art.
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Now, before sliced bread was invented in the 1910s I wonder what they said? Like the greatest invention since the telegraph or something. But... the thing about the invention of sliced bread is this - that for the first 15 years after sliced bread was available no one bought it; no one knew about it; it was a complete and total failure.
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It's almost impossible to have fun playing ping pong with someone who doesn't care, won't try or isn't any good.
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Surprise and delight and connection are remarkable.
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Marketing management is now tribal leadership.
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Marketing is the way your people answer the phone, the typesetting on your bills and your return policy.
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'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'
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No one is as smart as all of us.
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Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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It's far easier to put your future into someone else's hands than it is to slog your way forward, owning the results as you go.
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Art is the work of a human being – something a person does with generosity to touch someone else to make a change for the better.
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All the creativity books in the world aren’t going to help you if you’re unwilling to have lousy, lame, and even dangerously bad ideas.
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Are you doing work worth doing, or are you just doing your job?