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I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn.

Guy Kawasaki

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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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Guy Takeo Kawasaki
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When you enchant people, your goal is not to make money from them or to get them to do what you want, but to fill them with great delight.
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Knowledge is great. Competence is great. But the combination of both encourages people to trust you and increases your powers of enchantment. And in this world, the combination is a breath of fresh air.
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If you truly don't have competition, then zoom out until you can define some. Competition can be as simple as the reliance on the status quo, Microsoft (since at some point Microsoft will compete with everyone for everything), or researchers in universities. Pick something, because saying you have no competition at all is a nonstarter.
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The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning to create a product or service to make the world a better place.
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What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out.
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One must understand what people are thinking, feeling and believing in order to enchant them.
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The higher you go in a company, the less oxygen there is, so supporting intelligent life becomes difficult.
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Don’t be discouraged by the size of your network – inspire one person and you are doing good.
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If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees.
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For me, while writing I am an engineer, so if I decide to change the format, I want to add a section, to move a section, reorganize the section, anything I want to do, I just boot words, and I do what I want to do. So, I feel completely empowered when I'm a writer.
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Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.
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Happiness is temporary and fleeting. ... Joy is the right goal.
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Pursue joy, not happiness. This is probably the hardest lesson of all to learn. It probably seems to you that the goal in life is to be happy. Oh, you maybe have to sacrifice and study and work hard, but, by and large, happiness should be predictable.
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Disorganizatio n is the enemy of good writing.
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Good blurbs are short, sweet, and limited to six. They answer the question “Why should I buy this book?
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You need to earn the right to promote.
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The most powerful sign is that your work no longer enchants you - it's not deep, delightful, and mutually satisfying. When this happens, it may be time to look for new challenges.
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Don't ask people to do something you wouldn't.
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You have to sit by the side of a river a very long time before a roast duck will fly into your mouth.
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