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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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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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Guy Takeo Kawasaki
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Writing is the starting point from which all goodness (and crappiness) flows.
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I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family.
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High achievers tend to have major weaknesses. People without major weaknesses tend to be mediocre.
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Hockey is the only thing that I'm not good at that I love.
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Happiness is temporary and fleeting. ... Joy is the right goal.
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Just be nice, take genuine interest in the people you meet, and keep in touch with people you like. This will create a group of people who are invested in helping you because they know you and appreciate you.
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Think different in order to change the rules. By definition, if you don't change the rules you aren't a revolutionary, and if you don't think different, you won't change the rules.
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The two most important things about people on a revolutionary team are their ability and passion. Their educational level or work experience is meaningless--most of the engineers who did ground-breaking work of the Macintosh design didn't even graduate from college.
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You need to earn the right to promote.
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For me writing is as close to being an engineer as possible.
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'Branding' has taken on too much of a role as a specialized craft performed by voodoo artists.
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You really can't spend money on social media unless you really try. Social media is really more about effort than expense.
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The beauty of Goodreads is that you know you’re sowing in a field where everyone, by definition and self-selection, loves to read.
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A magnificent cause can overcome a prickly personality, but your ability to enchant people increases if they like you, so you should aspire to both. You’ll know that you’re likeable when you can communicate freely, casually, and comfortably with people.
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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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The record of what you do is forever recoverable because of Google. The lofty upside and scary downside makes reciprocity more important than ever. This is all good because it makes people think more before they do something that reduces their trustworthiness.
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An MBA is a great degree for career paths like investment banking, finance, consulting, and large companies. An MBA is not necessarily the right path for starting a tech company. You should be building a prototype, not getting an MBA in that case.
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At the end of my life, I want to say that I made the world a better place because I raised good children, loved my wife, and empowered entrepreneurs. If I do these things, then I can rest knowing that I made the world a better place.
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