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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? (2010)
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Nothing about becoming indispensable is easy. If it's easy, it's already been done and it's no longer valuable.
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An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.
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Emotional labor is available to all of us,
but it is rarely exploited as a competitive
advantage.
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If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.
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The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability.
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If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.
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The greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace.
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Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.
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A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they're doing work that most any trained person could do.
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The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.
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Art isn't only a painting; it's anything that changes someone for the better, any nonanonymous interaction that leads to a human (not simply a commercial) conclusion.
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If you can't be remarkable, perhaps you should consider doing nothing until you can.
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Finding security in mediocrity is an exhausting process…. You're always looking over your shoulder, always trying to be a little less mediocre than the guy next to you. It wears you out.
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I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace.
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The most successful givers aren't doing it because they're being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.
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You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do, and you must.
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Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.
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When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short not easy. That means you must determine if the route is worth the effort. If it's not, dream bigger.
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The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.
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Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.
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Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.
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Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.
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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Edvard Munch
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Born:
July 10, 1960
(age 63)
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