"Go do something interesting. Ask if you need help."
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"I'm not proposing that you let the crowd dictate, or that you work hard to fit in. Far from it. I'm proposing that you know the impact your choices are having and act accordingly."
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"Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek."
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"Your positions on EVERYTHING are based on the story you tell yourself and not some universal fact from the universal fact database."
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"Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time."
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"Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing."
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"Go ahead, fail. Try to avoid mistakes, though."
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"The second person to write a story about a young boy and an escaped slave on the Mississippi wasn't a novelist, he was a typist."
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"I have something to say. I know how to do something. I’m doing it. If you want me to do it with you, raise your hand."
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"Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They're not in your business, but they're in your shoes. Finding a peer group and working with them, intentionally and on a regular schedule, might be the single biggest boost your career can experience."
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"Confusion sets in when you're not sure if your product or service is bought or sold, or worse, if you are a salesperson just waiting for people to buy."
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"... outsiders are way more likely to approach your organization with fabulous projects if they think they're likely to both get a good reception and succeed when they get to market."
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"The problem with holding a grudge is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else."
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"If you don't like your definition of 'good enough', then feel free to change that, but the goal before shipping is merely that. Not perfect."
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"Insulate yourself... from anonymous angry people Expose yourself to art you don't yet understand Precisely measure the results that are important to you Stay blind to the metrics that don't matter Fail often Ship Lead, don't manage so much Seek out uncomfortable situations Make an impact on the people who matter to you Be better at your baseline skills than anyone else Copyedit less, invent more Give more speeches Ignore unsolicited advice"
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"Don't have any meetings about your web strategy. Just do stuff. First you have to fail, then you can improve."
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"If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped by the instructions of those you've chosen to follow. Twenty people in the field and eighty thousand in the stands. The spectators are the ones who paid to watch, but it's the player on the field who are truly alive."
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"Mostly, the best way to be the next Mark Zuckerberg is to make difficult choices."
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"More and more people now have jobs that require them to confront the risk of appearing stupid on a regular basis."
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"The internet has opened the door for millions of businesses to do things differently, because there are other assets now, assets that can transcend location. Your permission to talk to customers, your reputation, your unique products-you can build a business around them online."
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