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Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

Seth Godin

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.
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Becoming Firsts Ordinary
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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Long Matter Tests
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
Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.
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Average Business Customers
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
Being an artist isn’t a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It’s an attitude we can all adopt. It’s a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you’re an artist.
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Artist Attitude Inspirational Life
Art is the act of navigating without a map.
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Art Maps Navigating
Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.
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Motivational Opportunity Winning
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
Your drudgery is another person’s delight. It’s only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.
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Delight Jobs Promise
The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.
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Average Settling Winning
Just because something is easy to measure doesn’t mean it’s important.
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Christian Mean Motivational
You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.
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Innovation Trying Winning
Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.
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Helping Opposites Overcoming
Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
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Business Inspirational Opportunity
Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
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Funny Map Waiting

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