If you try to make something just to fit your uninformed view of some hypothetical market, you will fail. If you make something special and powerful and honest and true, you will succeed.
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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 best Evil Plan offers something much more for people--a chance to buy into an idea that matters, and share it with people who matter to them.
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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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You do not own the molecules. They are stardust. They belong to God. What you do own is your soul. Nobody can take that away from you.
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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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Part of being a Master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own.
Hugh MacLeodIt's good to be young and full of dreams. Dreams of one day doing something 'insanely great.' Dreams of love, beauty, achievement, and contribution. But understand they have a life of their own, and they're not very good at following instructions. Love them, revere them, nurture them, respect them, but don't ever become a slave to them. Otherwise you'll kill them off prematurely, before they get the chance to come true.
Hugh MacLeodBoring' can be a lot of fun. Especially if it's on your own terms.
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If your business plan depends on suddenly being "discovered" by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Things are made slowly and in pain.
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