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Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work.

Seth Godin

Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.
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Leadership Motivational Running
Art is a personal act of courage.
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Acts Art Courage
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
At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you’ll never begin.
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Alternatives Needs Old Things
The key to success is to find a way to stand out–to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.
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Cows Keys Purple
Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
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Belief Believe Brilliant Happen
An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.
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Art Business Creativity
Ideas that spread win.
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Ideas Ironic Winning
Not adding value is the same as taking it away.
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Adding Value Values
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
Teamwork’ is the word that bosses use when they actually mean ‘Do what I say’
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Leadership Mean Teamwork
If you wait until there is another case study in your industry, you will be too late!
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Marketing Success Waiting
The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they’ve got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.
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Believe Risk Want
The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.
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Competition Requirements Way
As long as you want to please everyone, you won’t please anyone.
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Long Please Want
Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
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Failure Innovation Option Provoking Thought

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