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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

Are you copying others? People won’t pay extra for that. You won’t be followed for that.
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Copying Pay People
Build it, and they will come” only works in the movies. Social Media is a “build it, nurture it, engage them, and they may come and stay.
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Marketing May Media
Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It’s the other way around.
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Believe People Way
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
Don’t create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
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Kind Mass People
The less people know, the more they yell.
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Communication Knows People
Art is the act of navigating without a map.
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Art Maps Navigating
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
No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it’s true. On the other hand, it’s only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.
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Bird Hands People
Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don’t.
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Marketing Motivation People
You don’t need more time in your day. You need to decide.
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More Time Needs
Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.
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Genuine Resistance Vision
Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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Simple Successful Thinking
The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.
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Doing Habit More Practice
One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you’re in the room… Another is to be the sort of person who is missed when you’re not. The first involves making noise. The second involves making a difference.
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Differences Making Miss Room Struggle
The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you’re with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over.
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Elevator Purpose Solution Want

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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