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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.

Seth Godin

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
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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Circles Dream Outcomes
People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.
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Business Entrepreneur People
Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
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Failure Innovation Option Provoking Thought
A brand that stands for what all brands stand for stands for nothing much.
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Brands Nothing Stand
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
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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Generosity Humor Perfection
Do your art. But don’t wreck your art if it doesn’t lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
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Art Tragedy Wrecks
Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn’t work.
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Clever Marketing People
When you put your ideas in the world, then, and only then, do you know if they’re real.
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Ideas Real World
If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.
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Eight Position States
Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
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Inspire Marketing Successful
When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?
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Believe Entrepreneur Jobs
Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.
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Decision Mistakes Sweat
Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.
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Average Loser Quitting
Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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Employee Followers Leader

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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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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