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Familiarity breeds respect

It's nice to sign a letter, "sincerely yours," but far more powerful, I think, to sign it, "with respect." It says something compelling about the recipient, something earned.

Seth Godin.

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The greatest lesson in business that I have learned in the past month or so is....make connections. Seek out important people. Make connections with them, make yourself known. And even more important...MAINTAIN THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. If you don't keep in contact with them, remind them who you are, and make them realize that they are better off ( Read more... )

"Even if you're on the right track, you have to keep moving, or you'll get run over by the train." -Dad

One thing that marketers do is sell us a feeling, not a set of molecules or bits. When you spend $3 on a bottle of ketchup, that's what you're buying. And Matt and the rest of us are so brainwashed we rationalize it as 'better ketchup.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better place than we found it, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed ( Read more... )

To my left, I can feel the pulse of the city. To my right, I see the sun rising over the park, bringing with it the calmness of a new day. In front of me, all that I see is beautiful.

"Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present, and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future."
- Audrey Hepburn