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If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we’re going to do important work

Seth Godin

Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
SETH GODIN

Asking Change Forgiveness Permission
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
Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.
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Differentiation Impact Noise
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
Don’t create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
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Kind Mass People
Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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Males Marketing Stuff
We fail when we give up too soon.
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Failing Giving Giving Up
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.
SETH GODIN

Delight Jobs Promise
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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Business Fire People
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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Artist Attitude Inspirational Life
People get good gigs because they stand up….You don’t get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
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Business Gigs Mind Own People
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
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
Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.
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Leadership Motivational Running
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
Don’t waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.
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Time Waste Writing

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