More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.
SETH GODINAt least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you’ll never begin.
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Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change.
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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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Don’t create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
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I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.
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Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.
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The key to success is to find a way to stand out–to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.
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Who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle.
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Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.
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As long as you want to please everyone, you won’t please anyone.
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You are not your resume, you are your work.
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When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?
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We know what you want to accomplish… The real question is, ‘what are you willing to push through the dip for?’ What are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to and generally be unreasonable about? Because that’s what’s going to actually get done.
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You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.
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Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that’s creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.
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Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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In a race, sooner or later there’s a moment that separates the winner from those who don’t win. That instant is your chance, the moment you’ve been waiting for.
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If you want to be a leader, go lead
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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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Art is a personal act of courage.
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There’s a big difference between not settling and not starting.
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Denigrating art you don’t understand doesn’t hurt the art – it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
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Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
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Defending mediocrity is exhausting.
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People get good gigs because they stand up….You don’t get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
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Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
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