Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.
SETH GODINThe essence of marketing today is to tell a story to people who want to hear it, in a way that resonates with them so they are likely to either respond or connect to you, or tell their friends.
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Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.
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If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.
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Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.
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Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.
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The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you’re with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over.
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A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.
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Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
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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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The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it’s allowed is silos of interest.
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Go ahead and make something for the elites. Not the elites of class or wealth, but the elites of curiosity, passion and taste. Every great thing ever created was created by and for this group.
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Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
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Do your art. But don’t wreck your art if it doesn’t lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
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People who make a difference never wait for just the right time. They know that it will never arrive.
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Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
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