Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured.
BIZ STONECreativity is an infinitely renewable resource – you are not going to run out of it – so don’t be afraid to use it.
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Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
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Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things.
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I knew Mac pretty well. I’d used them when I was younger.
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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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The determination that led me to create a new sports team taught me an important lesson: opportunity is manufactured.
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We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
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I mean just look at haiku, the idea of it. We want to focus on that singularity, on that simplicity, but we still want to add features and add value, but we want to do it in a way that fits in with that mentality of simplicity. You have to spend a lot of time thinking about it.
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Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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I think you have something really great with all those stories waiting to be told, but I just don’t know how it shapes up exactly. I don’t think there are going to be a lot of newspaper reporters sitting around not writing.
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The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they’ll prove it to you every single day.
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Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.
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In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
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You curate information that you want to receive. It’s a lot different because I’m not asking you if it’s okay, I’m just saying I’m following your updates. That’s why I don’t think of Twitter as a social network.
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I haven’t been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
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I mean, if you were going to say that now, it doesn’t sound like a great idea, because there are other ways you can distribute the news.
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