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As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

Seth Godin

The enemy of creativity… is fear. We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.
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Acting Creative Creativity Enemy Generate
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
The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact – sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.
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Ability Art Book Dot Teacher
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
As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.
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Jester Needs People Roles
You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.
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Effectiveness People Success
How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?
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Entrepreneur Social Media World
When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?
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Believe Entrepreneur Jobs
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
The less people know, the more they yell.
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Communication Knows People
There’s nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
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Failing Missions Plans
Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.
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Gratitude Opportunity
We fail when we give up too soon.
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Failing Giving Giving Up
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
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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Generosity Humor Perfection
If you’re not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.
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Better Get World

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

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