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" The A-listers and the A+ listers, are reporting the news, they're not making it. "
Guy Kawasaki
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" Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across. "
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" You really can't spend money on social media unless you really try. Social media is really more about effort than expense. "
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" I love the notification system on Google+. If someone mentions you, you get notified via Gmail. That's very useful for someone like me. "
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" There are two ways to approach the application process: trying to hit a home run by getting an immediate 'Yes, here's an offer' or trying not to be eliminated. I recommend the second approach. "
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" I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn. The key is the 10/20/30 rule: 10 slides given in 20 minutes using no font smaller than 30 points. If people just adhered to this rule, they would double or triple the quality of their presentations. "
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" Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment. "
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" Every day, I get five pieces of hate mail: Tweets or hate emails. "
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" At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I'm picking the former, although I would not mind both. "
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" I've been all over the world meeting with companies and startups and entrepreneurs. And I tell you, they are more similar than different. "
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" Leverage your brand. You shouldn't let two guys in a garage eat your shorts. "
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" Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make. "
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" Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea. "
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" What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life. "
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" My recommendation for SEO is very simple. It's Write Good Stuff. In my mind, Google is in the business of finding good stuff. It has thousands of the smartest people in the world, spending billions of dollars to find the good stuff. All you have to do is write the good stuff; you don't need to trick it. "
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People
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" When I was getting my education, I fell in love with the writings of Peter Drucker. He was my hero. I had a naive belief that when I became a manager, it was going to be like Peter Drucker's books. That is, I was going to be the effective executive. I was going to talk to people about their goals. I was going to help them actualize. "
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" A simple summary of my life is that my parents worked very hard so that I could have a great education, and I took that education and worked very hard to get where I am. I would like my kids' lives to be exactly the same. "
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" Evangelism is selling a dream. "
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" Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap - but it was a revolutionary piece of crap. "
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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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" Not many people agree with what I do. "
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" I travel all the time. "
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" Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. "
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" As communicators and marketers, people are so accustomed to thinking from the 'top down.' Finding the great analyst or the famous journalist who will endorse what you do and tell the rest of the world to go and buy your product. "
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" It's hard to name a person who is unpopular who has influence. "
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" A company should search for every instance of the use of its name and zoom in when there are issues - both good and bad. "
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" Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc. "
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" Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I think entrepreneurs should try to change the world. This comes from working at Apple... old habits die hard. "
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" Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them. "
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" What I learned from my kids is that the greatest joy in life is not from material trappings, power, or visibility. The greatest joy comes from your kids. Nothing is even close to my kids in terms of bringing me joy. "
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