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The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

Seth Godin

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
Learning is not watching a video, learning is taking action and seeing what happens.
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Action Happens Video
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
You don’t launch a popular blog, you build one.
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Blogs Laugh Popular
Make enough mole hills, and eventually you will build a mountain.
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Hills Moles Mountain
I don’t think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to play a different game, and to play it better than anyone has any right to believe is possible.
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Believe Games Rules Thinking
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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Art Ideas Leadership
Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
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Funny Map Waiting
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
Making promises and keeping them is a great way to build a brand.
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Marketing Promise Way
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
Do your art. But don’t wreck your art if it doesn’t lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
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Art Tragedy Wrecks
The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you’re with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over.
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Elevator Purpose Solution Want
Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.
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Art People Responsibility
Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.
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Average Loser Quitting
Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work.
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Lesson Making Mistakes

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

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