"Increasingly, there are only two kinds of companies: brave and dead."
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"Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow."
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"Measurement is fabulous. Unless you're busy measuring what's easy to measure as opposed to what's important"
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"Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it."
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"Marketing is a contest for people's attention."
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"If you wait until there is another case study in your industry, you will be too late!"
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"You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you're playing for keeps"
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"Excellence isn’t about working extra hard to do what you’re told. It’s about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing."
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"Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on."
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"Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement."
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"One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you're in the room... Another is to be the sort of person who is missed when you're not. The first involves making noise. The second involves making a difference."
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"The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you."
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"The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis."
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"The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy."
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"The less people know, the more they yell."
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"The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and your soul."
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"Great innovations, powerful interactions and real art are often produced by someone in a state of wonder. Looking around with stars in your eyes and amazement at the tools that are available to you can inspire generosity and creativity and connection"
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"It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts."
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"The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin."
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"It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work, making the greatest impact, and changing the most."
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