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The Cul-de-Sac ( French for “dead end” ) … is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

Seth Godin

We fail when we give up too soon.
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Failing Giving Giving Up
Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
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Better Different People
Ideas that spread win.
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Ideas Ironic Winning
The less people know, the more they yell.
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Communication Knows People
Make a decision. It doesn’t have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.
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Business One Perfect Wise
The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified… and pick yourself.
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Giving Opportunity Permission Someone Waiting
You don’t win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
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Gold Training Winning
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
Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.
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Differentiation Impact Noise
If failure is not an option, then neither is success.
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Failure Option Success
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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Goal Inspirational Support
If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.
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Eight Position States
More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.
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Citizens Thinking Watches
Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that’s creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.
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Art Creative Passionate
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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Motivational Opportunity Winning
Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it’s not a plan. It’s a version of waiting and hoping.
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Fine Plans Waiting

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