Quote of the day: Seth Godin
“The Yin and Yang are clear: Without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it’s unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist.” – Seth Godin, author of Tribes.
Quote of the day: Malcolm Gladwell
“Overloading the decision makers with information … makes picking up that signature harder, not easier. To be a successful decision maker, we have to edit.” – an excerpt from Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.
Quote of the day: Andy Sernovitz
“Some people worry that giving away too much information might undercut the value of their products. It never happens. The stuff you share proves your expertise and attracts customers. It makes them want to talk about you and to you.” – excerpt from Word of Mouth Marketing by Andy Sernovitz.
Quote of the day : Malcolm Gladwell
“No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.” – an excerpt from Chapter 8, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.
Quote of the day: Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks
“Mass advertising can help build brands, but authenticity is what makes them last.” – Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks.
Quote of the day: John Yokoyama
“People want to copy us… to do what we’re doing. We keep telling them,’Your success isn’t in doing what we do; it’s in discovering your own way. Don’t do what we do. You just have to be. That means commit yourself to being who you say you are: act like, think like, look like feel like, speak like…be it! You will create your own way by doing what you do. Our secret to success lies in our commitment to being who we say we are. Just be it. Your challenge is to “just be” who you want to be.’” – John Yokoyama, owner of the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market, an excerpt from the book Authenticity by Joseph Pine.
Quote of the day: Michael Lurie
“Don’t tie your business to your company. Allow your company to grow businesses.” – Michael Lurie, CEO of Blue Mine Group.
Quote of the day: Authenticity
If you are authentic, then you don’t have to say you’re authentic.
If you say you’re authentic, then you’d better be authentic.
It’s easier to be authentic if you don’t say you’re authentic.
- From the book Authenticity by Joseph Pine & James Gilmore
Quote of the day: Colin Powell
“Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it,” – Colin Powell.
