The Cul-de-Sac ( French for “dead end” ) … is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes
SETH GODINSocial Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.
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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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Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
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Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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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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The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.
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Just because the tide is out, doesn’t mean there is less water in the ocean.
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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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Make a decision. It doesn’t have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.
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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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We fail when we give up too soon.
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You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
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A book is a souvenir of an idea.
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The problem with taking offense is that it’s really hard to figure out what to do with it after you’re done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.
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Positive thinking doesn’t guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
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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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