"Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value."
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"There's no life-work balance. I think you have to have the discipline to have the life you want to have. And if you are stealing from one part of your life in order to make the other part work, you are going to pay for it."
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"And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect."
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"That's why there's lots and lots of kinds of hot sauces, and not so many kinds of mustard. Not because it's hard to make interesting mustard - you could make interesting mustard - but people don't, because no one's obsessed with it, and thus no one tells their friends."
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"Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple."
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"Sooner or later, the ones who told you that this isn't the way it's done, the ones who found time to sneer, they will find someone else to hassle. Sooner or later, they stop pointing out how much hubris you've got, how you're not entitled to make a new thing, how you will certainly come to regret your choices. Sooner or later, your work speaks for itself. Outlasting the critics feels like it will take a very long time, but you're more patient than they are."
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"A symptom of the revolution: When we state something is impossible in theory, but then change our minds when we discover that it is possible in practice."
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"The combination of fear and ignorance (two sides of the same coin) can be paralyzing."
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"In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre."
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"As the amount of inputs go up, as the number of people and ideas that clamor for attention continue to increase, we do what people always do: we rely on the familiar, the trusted and the personal. The incredible surplus of digital data means that human actions, generosity and sacrifice are more important than they ever were before."
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"The easiest way to thrive as an outlier is to avoid being one. At least among your most treasured peers. Surround yourself with people in at least as much of a hurry, at least as inquisitive, at least as focused as you are."
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"Keep starting until you finish."
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"A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate."
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"If you try to delight the undelightable, you've made yourself miserable for no reason."
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"Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance."
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"Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance."
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"Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later."
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"A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work."
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"Earn trust, earn trust, earn trust. Then you can worry about the rest."
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"Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again"
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