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" The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want. "

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" Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. "

" Normal is fading away. Governments and industries and schools like normal, because it's easier, it scales and it's profitable. But people don't like it - we want to be who we are, not who some marketer tells us to be. "

" I was lucky enough to co-found a business in college that ended up with 400 employees, and I launched 20 different projects while I was there - a project a week. "

" 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. "

" This notion that it is up to each person to innovate in some way flies in the face of the industrial age, but you know what, the industrial age is over. "

" Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year of not doing it right, I could talk to people and get them to sit up straight, take different kinds of chances, to breathe differently, to engage in the moment in the boat. And I changed them, and I changed me in the process. "

" If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power. "

" Permission marketing turns strangers into friends and friends into loyal customers. It's not just about entertainment - it's about education. Permission marketing is curriculum marketing. "

" If you're going to build a lean enterprise, you can test and measure how often the company ships iterations, how often it fails, how often it is putting things in front of people that don't work. "

" Habits like blogging often and regularly, writing down the way you think, being clear about what you think are effective tactics, ignoring the burbling crowd and not eating bacon. All of these are useful habits. "

" In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible. "

" The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes. "

" Permission marketing is marketing without interruptions. "

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

" Marketing is a contest for people's attention. "

" The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else. "

" Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable. "

" I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction. "

" Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed. They want to be missed the day they don't show up. They want to be missed when they're gone. "

" My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results. "

" Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator. "

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

" I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else. "

" I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge. "

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

" What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's something that people have wanted forever. "

" The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest. "

" The Net is not television. It is the finest direct-marketing mechanism in the history of mankind. It is direct mail with free stamps, and it allows you to create richer and deeper relationships than you've ever been able to create before. "

" One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice. "

" A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable. "