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"If you treat your employees like mushrooms (keep them in the dark and regularly throw crap on them), it's entirely likely you will get precisely the work you deserve in return."
"People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame."
"In the long run, doing work that's important leads to more happiness than doing work that's merely profitable."
"Just about anything worth doing is worth doing better."
"So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time."
"The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice."
"Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person."
"People talking about you is far more effective than talking about yourself."
"The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way."
"Your generosity is more important than your perfection."
"So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead."
"Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time."
"Ideas that spread win."
"Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations"
"If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job."
"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."
"Art is what we call...the thing an artist does. It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human. Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist."
"I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge."
"Even good excuses, really good ones, don't help very much. Explanations, on the other hand, are both scarce and useful. And accurate forecasts and insightful intuition are priceless."
"If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons."