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My problem with the search for the badge of real is that it trades your goals and your happiness for someone else's.

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Seth Godin
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: July 10
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The thing is, the future happens. Every single day, like it or not. Sure, tomorrow is risky, frightening and in some way represents one step closer to the end. But it also brings with it the possibility of better and the chance to do something that matters.
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Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.
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Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.
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Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.
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Go ahead, do something impossible.
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All the good things in my career are a direct descendant of what I did and learned at # camp
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You want it to be hard. If it's hard, then that means others can't do it easily and you can charge for that value.
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When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn't big 'cause they ran a lot of ads. They're big because someone took out their iPhone and said to their friend, watch this, and pressed a button and a car pulled up.
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Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean.
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The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked quit waiting for someone to give you permission quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.
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The way I understand gifts is that the giver must make a sacrifice, create an uneven exchange, bring himself closer to the recipient, create change and do it all with the right spirit.
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The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something.
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The key to success is to find a way to stand out--to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.
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Play a new game, not the older game but faster.
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By all means, fire the customers who aren't worth the time and the trouble. But understand that the moment you insist the customer is wrong, you've just started the firing process.
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Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can.
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