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In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he’s tired. Everyone is. That’s not the point. The point is to run.

Seth Godin

Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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Generosity Humor Perfection
Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
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Business Inspirational Opportunity
The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.
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Insightful Inspiring Marketing
Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.
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Brave Needs People
Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
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Elements Successful Two
Just as we don’t spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.
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Blogger Funny Thoughtful Worry
Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.
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Almost Loving Important
The Cul-de-Sac ( French for “dead end” ) … is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes
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Dead Ends Ends Situation
The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact – sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.
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Ability Art Book Dot Teacher
The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.
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Character Mind Squares
Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
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Funny Map Waiting
Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.
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Leadership Motivational Running
If you wait until there is another case study in your industry, you will be too late!
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Marketing Success Waiting
The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified… and pick yourself.
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Giving Opportunity Permission Someone Waiting
Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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Employee Followers Leader
The goal of a marketing interaction isn’t to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
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Goal Moving Opportunity

In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he’s tired. Everyone is. That’s not the point. The point is to run.

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In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he’s tired. Everyone is. That’s not the point. The point is to run.

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