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Seth Godin says you have to find people who truly care, not just average crowds. He notes that real leadership often feels uncomfortable, but it’s needed to spark change. He also describes artists as those who discover fresh answers and new ways to get things done.

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Authenticy in marketing is telling a story people want to hear.

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If not enough people doubt you, you're not making a difference.

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Competent people are the most resistant to change

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Giving people what they want isn't always what they want.

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Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed.

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Don't create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.

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Marketing is a contest for people's attention.

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What people are afraid of isn't failure. It's blame. Criticism.

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You dont need to convince everyone. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you.

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The only people who get paid what they're worth are people who don't follow the instruction book, who create art, who are…

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If you're different somehow and have made yourself unique, people will find you and pay you more.

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Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can't see it

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The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.

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The real power of tribes has nothing to do with the Internet and everything to do with people.

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Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.

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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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And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align…

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Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third.…

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If you speak up online and your ideas have currency, people are going to show up and want to connect with you.…

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An organization filled with honest, motivated, connected, eager, learning, experimenting, ethical and driven people will always defeat the one that merely has…

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People are buying only one thing from you: the way the engagement (hiring you, working with you, dating you, using your product…

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I find that I have about six bloggable ideas a day. I also find that writing twice as long a post doesn't…

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I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories,…

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The essence of marketing today is to tell a story to people who want to hear it, in a way that resonates…

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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…

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I don’t think the shortage of artists has much to do with the innate ability to create or initiate. I think it…

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I think it's fascinating to note that some of the most successful organizations of our time got there by focusing obsessively on…

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As the amount of inputs go up, as the number of people and ideas that clamor for attention continue to increase, we…

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What makes someone an artist? I don't think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the…

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Emotions are far more contagious than any disease. A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster…

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Personalizatio n wasn't supposed to be a cleverly veiled way to chase prospects around the web, showing them the same spammy ad…

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It's pretty easy to decide to roll with the punches, to look at the enormity of natural disaster and choose to hunker…

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Too often, we don't give people the opportunity to fill in the blanks.

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People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.

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If you're remarkable it's likely that some people won't like you.

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People talking about you is far more effective than talking about yourself.

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Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.

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Teaching young people to sell is a priceless gift.

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The less people know, the more they yell.

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No organization ever created an innovation. People innovate, not companies.

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

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