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Seth Godin

You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
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Art Pieces Wonder
The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it’s allowed is silos of interest.
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Connecting Interest Internet
Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.
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Acceptance Business Perfect
Your drudgery is another person’s delight. It’s only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.
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Delight Jobs Promise
Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.
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Focused Generous Relentlessly
Art is a personal act of courage.
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Acts Art Courage
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
One bad review doesn’t ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.
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Criticism Honor Ruins
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
The best way to be missed when you’re gone is to stand for something when you’re here.
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Gone Something Stand Way
The less people know, the more they yell.
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Communication Knows People
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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Generosity Humor Perfection
If I fail more than you do, I win.
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Failing More Winning
The problem with taking offense is that it’s really hard to figure out what to do with it after you’re done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.
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Better Done Offense Problem Tables
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
Empathy requires something extremely difficult: accepting the fact that we are not and never will be in the other person’s shoes. There’s no rational, universal course because individuals have different goals, different worldviews and different experiences.
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Different Experiences Goal Shoes

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