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The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.

Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.

When we intentionally seek out the difficult tasks, we're much more likely to actually create value.

Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise.

The reason it seems that price is all your customers care about is that you haven't given them anything else to care about.

The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security.

The definition of a revolution: it destroys the perfect and enables the impossible.

Risking the appearance of weakness takes strength. And the market knows it.

Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.

The goal is to be on the hook, not to let someone else do the scary parts.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.

Be genuine. Be remarkable. Be worth connecting with.

Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.

Every activity worth doing has a learning curve.

Going out of your way to find uncomfortable situations isn't natural, but it's essential.

Marketing begins before the product is launched.

Real content marketing isn't repurposed advertising, it is making something worth talking about.

Good marketers tell a story.

You can win with consistent benefits, delivered over time. You win by incrementally earning share, attention and trust.

At the heart of art is learning to see

The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.

Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.

Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.

You don't need more time in your day. You need to decide.

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

Stick with the Dips that are likely to pan out, and quit the Cul-de-Sacs to focus your resources

The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.

Low price is a great way to sell a commodity. That's not marketing though, that's efficiency.

Positive thinking is hard. Worth it, though.

You cannot buy your way to share of voice today; you cannot buy attention anymore.

The world is begging for you to lead.

The challenge is to focus on the work, not on the fear that comes from doing the work.

Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world.

Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.

Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.

Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.

We've greatly exaggerated the risk of sinking, without celebrating the value of swimming.

Where do you go to get permission to make a dent in the Universe ? If you think there's a chance you can make a dent, go !

The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.

What we most need in our lives, though, is something worth doing, worth it because we care.

Figure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.

If you take action, you will be judged. There's no way around it. The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored. Up to you.

The person who fails the most wins.

You need editors, not brand managers,who will push the envelope to make [a brand media property] go forward.

I do not think you can get rid of the fear ... but you can dance with it.

If you can't state your position in eight words, you don't have a position.

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.

Great bosses and world-class organizations hire motivated people, set high expectations, and give their people room to become remarkable.

You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.

If you can influence the outcome, do the work.
If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction.

I think "creativity" is better described as failing repeatedly until you get something right.

If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons.

Go ahead, do something impossible.

The act of trying to guarantee the success of an innovation is almost certain to make it less likely that it will succeed.

You can't shrink your way to greatness!

What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? If you're not, you're wasting away.

Mass attention is almost unattainable and it's not clear that you want it.

What happens when the world cares more about unique voices and remarkable insights than it does about cheap labor

We're not going to outgrow our need for information.

The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity.

As soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art.

I think if you're remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn't have a resume at all.

When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.

Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.

If you use your money to create exceptional products and services, you won't need to spend it on advertising.

The craftsman and the artist say, "Here, I made this." The workingman is asked to follow instructions.

The industrial age brought compliance and compliance brought fear and fear brought us mediocrity.

The enemy of creativity is fear.

If you're short on passion, it might be because your # goals are too small or the # fear ...

Industry the most trusted brand is also the most profitable.

Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).

I feel like I'm treating people as I'd like to be treated.

Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.

Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth. Not going all the way, and not starting. Siddhrtha Gautama

There are always limits, and opportunities. The ones we rehearse and focus on are the ones that shape our future.

insulation prevents you from making the change and finding the understanding you set out to achieve in the first place.

The market and the consumer and idea trump the system.

Our economy now rewards artists far more than any other economy in history ever has.

If you try to delight the undelightable, you've made yourself miserable for no reason.

I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.

There are lots of good reasons to abandon a project. Having a little competition is not one of them.

Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean.

When you learn to listen to your fear, you've found a compass that can show you what matters.

Keep starting until you finish.

There are no longer any great jobs where someone else tells you precisely what to do.

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.

If you wait until you are ready, it is almost certainly too late.

Farmer will tell you that fertile land is much more important than better seeds.)

Bullhorns are overrated: having ten times as many Twitter followers generates approximately zero times as much value.

If you want to dig a big hole, you need to stay in one place.

The challenge is this: training creative, independent, and innovative artists is new to us.

Art is the act of doing work that matters while dancing with the voice in your head that screams for you to stop.

Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes.

It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling.