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Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle—that is, being human.

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But Andrew was right about one thing. Human beings need to tell stories. Historically, it's the quickest way we have for transmitting useful information to other members of our species. Stories are not simply nice things to have; they are essential survival tools. And yes, the stories we tell ourselves are just as important as the stories we tell other people.
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The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.
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They're only crayons. You didn't fear them in Kindergarten, why fear them now?
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If you’re creative, if you can think independently, if you can articulate passion, if you can override the fear of being wrong, then your company needs you more than it ever did. And now your company can no longer afford to pretend that isn’t the case. So dust off your horn and start tooting.
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The old ways are dead. And you need people around you who concur. That means hanging out more with the creative people, the freaks, the real visionaries, than you're already doing. Thinking more about what their needs are, and responding accordingly. Avoid the dullards; avoid the folk who play it safe. They can't help you anymore. Their stability model no longer offers that much stability. They are extinct, they are extinction.
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..The stuff you learn beforehand will never be one-tenth as useful as the stuff you learn the hard way, on the job.
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