on being average.
“But look at what it means to be average. You are the worst of the best and the best of the worst.”
— Truett Cathy, Eat Mor Chikin, Inspire More People
quotes, life,“There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.”
— Conan O’Brien’s Dartmouth Commencement Address
(best part starts at 16:20)
“I have observed that inexperienced business people sometimes make poor decisions because they are terrified the opportunity will pass them by and they will regret it for the rest of their lives. That is rarely, if ever, true.”
— Martha Stewart, The Martha Rules
quotes, Business, craft,reality check.
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”
— Steve Jobs, Commencement Address to Stanford University, 2005
quotes,“We must have craft before we have art, and craft is founded on fundamentals.”
— Michael Ruhlman, Ratio
"I know that we’re all focused on the common ground, but the beauty of life is where we’re different."
— Ellen McGirt, senior writer at Fast Company, speaking at TEDx Greenville
Letting go of things.
“We understand ourselves not only by what we have acquired but also by what we have given up.”
— from the Etsy blog today
quotes, life,Happiness.
“…we are all brainwashed by our society and culture to stop thinking and just assume by default that more money equals more success and more happiness, when ultimately happiness is really just about enjoying life.”
— Tony Hsieh in Delivering Happiness
