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No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it’s true. On the other hand, it’s only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.

Seth Godin

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.
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Becoming Firsts Ordinary
As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.
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Jester Needs People Roles
Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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Asking Change Forgiveness Permission
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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Art Ideas Leadership
Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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Males Marketing Stuff
Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.
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Archive Goal People
Are you copying others? People won’t pay extra for that. You won’t be followed for that.
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Copying Pay People
You can be right or you can have empathy. You can’t do both.
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Empathy Inspiring Relationship
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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Matter might Misguide Perfection
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
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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Class Curiosity Passion
Rehearsing failure is simply a bad habit, not a productive use of your time. When you choose to visualize the path that works, you’re more likely to shore it up and create an environment where it can take place.
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Environment Path Use
As soon as we associate reading with a test, we’ve missed the point.
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Associates Reading Tests
Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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Simple Successful Thinking
Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
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Belief Believe Brilliant Happen
The tiny cost of failure…is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.
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Cost Leadership Trying

No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it’s true. On the other hand, it’s only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.

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No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it’s true. On the other hand, it’s only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.

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