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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.

Seth Godin

Empathy requires something extremely difficult: accepting the fact that we are not and never will be in the other person’s shoes. There’s no rational, universal course because individuals have different goals, different worldviews and different experiences.
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Different Experiences Goal Shoes
If you try to delight the undelightable, you’ve made yourself miserable for no reason.
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Delight Miserable Trying
Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.
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Genuine Resistance Vision
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
There’s no shortage of great ideas. There’s a shortage of execution.
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Execution Great Idea Ideas
Go ahead, do something impossible.
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Ahead Greatness Impossible Something
Just because the tide is out, doesn’t mean there is less water in the ocean.
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Clever Wisdom Wise
Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
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Fear Inspirational Smart Successful
There’s nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
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Failing Missions Plans
Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.
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Failure Fear Perseverance
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
Good enough’ stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?
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Enough Long Mediocrity Time
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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Change Inspirational Inspiring
So sure, start with a slogan. But don’t bother wasting any time on it if you’re merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
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Aim Bother Catchy
Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.
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Leadership Motivational Running
The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
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Bases Firsts Matter

Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.

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