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"If you demand that everything that happens be something you are adequately prepared for, I wonder if you’ve chosen never to leap in ways that we need you to leap. Once we embrace this chasm, then for the things for which we can never be prepared, we are of course, always prepared."
"Great work is the result of seeking out tension, not avoiding it."
"Emotions are far more contagious than any disease. A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster than any virus ever could. When you walk into the office or a negotiation, then, wash your bad mood away before you see us. Don't cough on us, don't sneeze on us, sure, but don't bring your grouchiness, your skepticism or your fear in here either. It might spread."
"The best experiences and the biggest ideas don't fit into a category. They change it."
"Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done."
"You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don't spring up overnight... Every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little."
"The notion that I do my work here, now, like this, even when I do not feel like it, and especially when I do not feel like it, is very important. Because lots and lots of people are creative when they feel like it, but you are only going to become a professional if you do it when you don't feel like it. And that emotional waiver is why this is your work and not your hobby."
"The secret of getting on the shortlist is doing your best work fearlessly for a long time before you get on the list."
"The YouTube video maker gets more out of making a video than you get out of watching it."
"Competent people are the most resistant to change"
"Leaders who set out to give are more productive than leaders who seek to get."
"If you can influence the outcome, do the work. If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction."
"The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way."
"The resistance is the voice in your head telling you to use bullets in your PowerPoint slides...It’s the voice that tells you to leave controversial ideas out of the paper you’re writing, because the teacher won’t like them. The resistance pushes relentlessly for you to fit in."
"Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world."
"Catering to the passionate is exactly what you should do."
"Give up control and give it away ... The more you give your idea away, the more your company is going to be worth."
"It's more important that you be passionate about what you do all day than it is to be passionate about the product that is being sold."
"Care. Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy."
"Once you have permission to talk to someone, finding new products or services for them is a smart way to grow."