You can’t be important everywhere, so be important where it counts.
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When you think about what could go wrong, you dramatically increase the odd of creating something that will go right.
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Marketing is about getting people to notice what you do. Execution is about doing something people will notice.
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The illusion we live with is that being active is synonymous with being productive.
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Progress is not built by doing something huge but rather by consistently doing ordinary things.
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The reason companies lose relevance, go broke, or fade into the sunset is because they continue to grow, but fail to evolve. They rely on the wrong question and old answers.
lk 116
The market really doesn’t care what you want to give it, nor does it care how much you love what you have created. The market wants a problem solved or a gap filled.
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Dissatisfaction or discomfort with where we are is a primary change agent in our lives.
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The problem is that most of us hate structure, which is one of the reasons we started our business in the first place. We want the “freedom” to do what we want, when we want. But freedom—just as entrepreneurial success—has a price: discipline and structure.
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When interacting with employees, the two most powerful phrases in a leader’s vocabulary are:
1.Help me understand …
2. What do you recommend?
lk 82
The only difference between a high-maintenance and a high-performance team is a culture of accountability, measuring, and ownership.
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