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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

We fail when we give up too soon.
SETH GODIN

Failing Giving Giving Up
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
Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
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Different Nine Years
Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
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Business Customer Loyal Motivational
Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
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Business Inspirational Opportunity
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 raise money, you’re never going to have trouble getting a job.
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Jobs Raises Trouble
If I fail more than you do, I win.
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Failing More Winning
You are not your resume, you are your work.
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Business Inspiring Motivational
Playing safe is very risky.
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Business Playing Risky Safe
You don’t win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
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Gold Training Winning
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
Learning is not watching a video, learning is taking action and seeing what happens.
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Action Happens Video
As you’ve probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.
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Great Work Uncomfortable
Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it’s not a plan. It’s a version of waiting and hoping.
SETH GODIN

Fine Plans Waiting
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
SETH GODIN

Art Ideas Leadership

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