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The Messy Middle:
Adaptability and instincts make all the difference. You make progress by planning, but you succeed by deviating.
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The Messy Middle:
…throughout our careers, we should challenge ourselves to say yes only to things that bring our skills and network to a new level.
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The Messy Middle:
…advice should be sought, reconciled, but not necessarily followed.
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295 |
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The Messy Middle:
Nothing should resonate more loudly than your own intuition.
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296 |
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The Messy Middle:
Your most precious resource is time, and the most important measure is how effectively it is used.
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The Messy Middle:
Data without context is misleading and can be used to illustrate nearly whatever you want; if you know the answer you’re looking for, you’ll be able to find data somewhere to support it.
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The Messy Middle:
When presented with a statistic that has broad implications, your first question should be about its integrity. Where did it come from?
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The Messy Middle:
The nonscalable artistic elements of a product keep it from becoming a bland commodity.
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The Messy Middle:
Give your customers something precious, something that cannot be easily scaled, automated, or commoditized.
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The Messy Middle:
Everything you do should be an active commitment or nothing at all.
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