American - Author | June 16, 1987 -
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.
Ryan Holiday
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The best kind of marketing messages are the ones that don't seem like marketing messages. Because it means that the viewers' defenses are down.
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As someone responsible for my own fair share of marketing stunts, I am suspicious and cynical - I'll disclose that right up front.
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Reddit is like any democratic form of government - unless carefully guarded by its leaders and members, its trusts and privileges can be and often are abused.
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The idea that only the swaggering, all-knowing, and ruthlessly ambitious succeed is a lie. One that has discouraged so many people with so much potential - and worse, encouraged many more to crash and burn.
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Pretty much everyone's career starts the same way: with grunt work. Not just the cliched fetching of coffee, but other lowly tasks: taking notes in meetings, preparing paperwork, scheduling, intensive research - even flat-out doing our bosses' work for them.
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No matter how commonplace or dull your first job's duties seem, chances are you can find something to do that others don't want to and make it your own.
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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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In every job and position, there are valuable lessons to be learned. Even in a nasty, abusive, toxic workplace, you're being taught precisely how not to run an organization.
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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.
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You know what's better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.
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Take pride in your work. But it is not all there is.
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