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We fail when we give up too soon.

Seth Godin

Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach itself and to go further and faster than any generation ever has.
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Jobs Learning Light
The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.
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Jobs Life Motivational
Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
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Funny Map Waiting
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
Don’t waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.
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Time Waste Writing
If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.
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Artist Creativity might
One bad review doesn’t ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.
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Criticism Honor Ruins
Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
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Failure Innovation Option Provoking Thought
As soon as we associate reading with a test, we’ve missed the point.
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Associates Reading Tests
Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.
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Genuine Resistance Vision
Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
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Choices Pain Saying Yes
Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.
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Believe Long May
You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.
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Effectiveness People Success
Denigrating art you don’t understand doesn’t hurt the art – it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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Art Hurt Learn Willingness
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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Distance Running Tired
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

We fail when we give up too soon.

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