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The paradox of course is that almost everything new, everything impressive, everything right, was done over the loud objections of the status quo.
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020 |
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…even if you put things off – you still have made a choice. You are voting for the status quo. You are voting to let them decide. You are voting to give up your own agency.
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059 |
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We need the energy to break the bonds of the status quo.
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103 |
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…the most effective rewards in a gamified setting come in the form of status, access, power, and stuff…
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193 |
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It’s time to rescue humor from its status as mere entertainment and recognize it for what it is – a sophisticated and peculiarly human form of intelligence that can’t be replicated by computers…
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199 |
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…if you want to feel better about who you are, you should concentrate on someone of lower status, but if you’re trying to get motivated, you should fix on a person who outranks you.
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085 |
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Heretics are the new leaders. The ones who challenge the status quo, who get out in front of their tribes, who create movements.
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011 |
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If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you’ll never begin. Soon enough, the new thing will be better than the old thing. But if you want until then, it’s going to be too late.
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093 |
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To have all these advantages… and then settle for mediocrity and then defend the status quo and then worry about corporate politics – what a waste.
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135 |
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Nothing can stay the same forever, in business or in life, and counting on the status quo can only lead to grief.
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215 |
