"Do not write to impress others. Authors who……" — Guy Kawasaki
"Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what pleases you and pray that there are others like you. Your first and most important reader is you. If you write a book that pleases you, at least you know one person will like it."
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128 Quotes by Guy Kawasaki
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When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.
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Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.
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If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing, If you have more brains than money,…
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Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you…
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Better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing.
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Twitter, Facebook, Google + are the trifecta of marketing for authors (and bloggers).
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Great leaders are paradoxical. They catalyze, rather control, the work of their teams. They have an overarching vision for the…
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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
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The companies that are successful, they start out to make meaning, not to make money.
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If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees.
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Revolutionary leaders have to care more about what they think of themselves than what the world thinks of them.
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The angels started singing, the clouds parted, it was a religious experience. I've never had the same reaction to a…
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