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As you’ve probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.

Seth Godin

You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it’s getting raised regardless.
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Bars Mediocrity Waiting
Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
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Choices Pain Saying Yes
The Cul-de-Sac ( French for “dead end” ) … is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes
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Dead Ends Ends Situation
The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.
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Character Mind Squares
As soon as we associate reading with a test, we’ve missed the point.
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Associates Reading Tests
In a race, sooner or later there’s a moment that separates the winner from those who don’t win. That instant is your chance, the moment you’ve been waiting for.
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Motivational Sports Winning
A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.
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Attention Bigs Defend Time
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
We know what you want to accomplish… The real question is, ‘what are you willing to push through the dip for?’ What are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to and generally be unreasonable about? Because that’s what’s going to actually get done.
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Accomplish Done Question Real Stand Want
The person who fails the most wins.
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Failing Persons Winning
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
Good enough’ stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?
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Enough Long Mediocrity Time
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 first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
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Bases Firsts Matter
Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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Employee Followers Leader
Keep starting until you finish.
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Finish Keep Starting

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