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" We often learn the hard way that our world is ruled by external factors. We don't always get what is rightfully ours, even if we've earned it. "
Ryan Holiday
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" The process for finding, creating, and consuming information has fundamentally changed with the advent of the web and the rise of blogging. "
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" Anyone who faults Romney or Obama or any public figure for demanding quote approval is missing the point. The journalists were no abused weaklings here. They made a bargain for access to these newsworthy figures that they thought was in their favor - they're only complaining because they got caught. "
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" Growth hackers are typically computer engineers that build great marketing ideas into the product during the development process. "
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" Virality is not an accident. It is engineered. And that's why growth hackers beat traditional marketers. "
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" Virality, at its core, is asking someone to spend their social capital recommending or linking or posting about you for free. "
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" The essential idea of Stoicism in my interpretation is, you don't control the world around you, you control how you respond. At 19, that's very empowering. "
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" The news as entertainment is the real danger, because the truth or accuracy of what it is reporting becomes irrelevant. "
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" In June 2007, I finished up school for the year. I didn't know it at the time, but I was done with college forever. By the end of the summer, I had dropped out and would not return. "
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" Life is hard, but we make it much harder. "
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" As tough an idea as it often is to stomach, the best way to thrive in a world that requires grunt work is to stop seeing it as grunt work. "
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" Being criticized in the media is a good problem to have - most of the time. It means you're doing something that is at least interesting or cool or crazy enough to be noticed. It might not always feel good, but it's usually better than the alternative of obscurity. "
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" Stoicism is a philosophy designed for the masses, and if it has to be simplified a bit to reach the masses, so be it. "
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" Understanding how the media actually works is critical. Because editors depend on ignorance and media illiteracy to ply their trade. The fact that many readers expect fact checking, editorial oversight, and ethics actually makes it easier for the media to be lazy. "
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" What I've found in my research is that realism and self-honesty are the antidote to ego, hubris, and delusion. "
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Realism
" In my experience, marketing is best when it proves the product it is supporting. "
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" When I lived in Louisiana, 'Django Unchained' was shot at my neighbor's house. They shot a Sly Stallone movie in my gym. "
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Lived
House
" I took the 'Seinfeld' tour of New York once - and if I think about it too hard, my brain explodes. "
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" Don't move to New York. Find your own city and your way. "
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" Online journalism has always had a sourcing problem. From using unverified 'anonymous tips' to repeating whatever rumor or speculation people are chattering about, the general ethic is, 'We'll publish just about anything.' "
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Problem
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" Like pretty much every other ambitious person, I always figured I'd eventually move to New York. It is, at this point, half-dream and half-obligation for people trying to do big things. It's the American Dream inside the American Dream. "
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People
Dream
" Dr. Drew Pinsky changed my life. "
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" Let's be clear: there was no golden age of journalism. The media has always been bad. And instead of improving, it spent a lot of time and energy making up its own myth. "
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Age
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" Take pride in your work. But it is not all there is. "
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" We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue our creative work. We want respect from our peers and recognition for our accomplishments. Not out of vanity or selfishness, but of an earnest desire to fulfill our personal potential. "
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" I know how hard authors work on their books and how far out of their element many are when it comes to doing the sales and marketing. So when I see someone doing it wrong and giving bad advice, I do my best to help - even when they're not my clients. "
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" My advice to young people would be this: Don't move to New York. It is not where you will find yourself. "
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" Everyone faces adversity. "
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Everyone
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" Because we make ourselves deaf to feedback, because we overestimate our abilities, because we become consumed with ourselves, we end up subjecting ourselves not just to the inevitable stumbles or difficulties of life but catastrophic, painful failures. "
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" In 2007, I went to work in Beverly Hills as an intern at The Collective, a talent management agency. I'd been scouted for the job because of a blog I'd started in college and because the blogger-turned-author I worked for, Tucker Max, was producing a project with the company. "
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