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" When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate. "
Seth Godin
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" I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first. "
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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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" I think there's plenty of room for blogs that exist to pay the blogger, or blogs that exist to turn a profit. That's just not the kind of blog I'm writing, and I'm not the kind of blogger that could do that. "
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" 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. "
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" My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results. "
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" Dig your well before you're thirsty. "
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" We're not going to outgrow our need for information. "
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" The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way. "
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" 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. "
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" Permission marketing is marketing without interruptions. "
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" 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. "
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" Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's where charisma comes from, from the leading. "
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" The thing about information is that information is more valuable when people know it. There's an exception for business information and super timely information, but in all other cases, ideas that spread win. "
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" Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something is going to work. "
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" 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. "
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" I find that I have about six bloggable ideas a day. I also find that writing twice as long a post doesn't increase communication, it usually decreases it. And finally, I found that people get antsy if there are unread posts in their queue. "
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" 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. "
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" I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing. "
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" And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect. "
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" The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity. "
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" In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible. "
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" 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. "
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" If a product's future is unlikely to be remarkable - if you can't imagine a future in which people are once again fascinated by your product - it's time to realize that the game has changed. Instead of investing in a dying product, take profits and reinvest them in building something new. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge. "
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" Marketing is a contest for people's attention. "
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" I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction. "
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