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"Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work."
"Too often, the person who wrecks our work is us."
"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."
"The brand of the future...is patient, consistent, connected, and trusted. The new brand is based on the truth that only comes from experiencing the product, not just yelling about it. Word of mouth is more important (by a factor of 20) than TV advertising, and the remarkability word of mouth demands comes from what we experience, not from spin or taglines or a campaign slogan."
"The problem with the race to the bottom is that you might win"
"As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable."
"We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid."
"The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?"
"An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally."
"The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference, the first thing you do should be to lay tracks to accomplish your goals, not to hear how others have reacted/ responded/ insisted to what happened yesterday."
"Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle royal, one between the quest for safety and the desire to matter."
"Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people."
"Just as we don't spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers."
"Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs."
"If you think your organization needs a bigger marketing budget, maybe you just need to be less average instead."
"The problem with working with a coach isn't that we don't know what to do. The real problem is that we don't want to change our mind."
"The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change."
"In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he's tired. Everyone is. That's not the point. The point is to run."
"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."
"Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times."