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Seth Godin

Perfect can’t possibly be the goal, we’re left with generous, important and human instead.
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Goal Important Perfect
Just because the tide is out, doesn’t mean there is less water in the ocean.
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Clever Wisdom Wise
Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.
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Change Inspirational Inspiring
Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.
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Future Invent Status Quo
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
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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Matter might Misguide Perfection
Don’t create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
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Kind Mass People
Rehearsing failure is simply a bad habit, not a productive use of your time. When you choose to visualize the path that works, you’re more likely to shore it up and create an environment where it can take place.
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Environment Path Use
There’s no shortage of great ideas. There’s a shortage of execution.
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Execution Great Idea Ideas
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
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
Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach itself and to go further and faster than any generation ever has.
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Jobs Learning Light
We fail when we give up too soon.
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Failing Giving Giving Up
If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.
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Artist Creativity might
People get good gigs because they stand up….You don’t get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
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Business Gigs Mind Own People
We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid.
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Born Creative Littles

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