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Aug 4, 2011

25 Quotables from the 99% Conference :: Articles :: The 99 Percent

by Jocelyn K. Glei

Laura Guido-Clark at the 99% Conference. Photo: Julian Mackler / MACKME.com

Believe it or not, we're headed into year four of the 99% Conference, our annual event focused on sharing road-tested insights for making ideas happen. To celebrate the launch of ticket sales for 2012, we compiled a shortlist of quotables from the past three years' worth of 99% Conferences.
  1. "We're not meant to operate like computers. Human beings are designed to pulse between spending/renewing energy."
  2. —Tony Schwartz
  3. "Groundbreaking innovators generate and execute far more ideas."
  4. —Frans Johansson
  5. "You can't get to wonderful without passing through alright." —Andrew Zuckerman (via Bill Withers) #99conf
  6. "'Luck' is recognizing when the situation encourages build out and execution." —Jack Dorsey #99conf
  7. "What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do for a living is ship." —Seth Godin #99conf
  8. "When you give something, just for the joy of creating, it always comes back on a much larger scale." —Ji Lee #99conf
  9. "If you find something that you feel you belong to, become a groupie and a fan, and then a critic." —Starlee Kine #99conf
  10. "The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary." —Fred Wilson (via Nassim N Taleb) #99conf
  11. "All artists yearn to struggle, when they struggle they know they're alive."—John Maeda #99conf
  12. "Reduce everything you want to do, to an action you can do right now."—Jason Randal #99conf
  13. "If you're not creating waves, then you're not pushing enough." —Jared Cohen #99conf
  14. "Prototype as if you are right. Listen as if you are wrong." —Diego Rodriguez #99conf
  15. "Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe." —Simon Sinek #99conf
  16. "Instead of reflecting on the past, predict the future." —Chris Guillebeau #99conf
  17. "Align your inner vision with your outer work." —Martin Ping #99conf
  18. "The more passionate that someone is about something, the more you have to listen to them." —Beth Comstock #99conf
  19. "When fear and doubt come into play, lead with possibility." —Laura Guido-Clark #99conf
  20. "Figure out what's realistic, and then just do it." —Jake Nickell #99conf
  21. "Experts step outside their comfort zone and study themselves failing."—Josh Foer #99conf
  22. "Crazy is a compliment." —Linda Rottenberg #99conf
  23. "The problem contains the solution." —Michael Bierut #99conf
  24. "A good partnership is more than the sum of its parts." —Sigi Moeslinger #99conf
  25. "Controversy gets your work out there." —Jill Greenberg #99conf
  26. "Think big, and act small." —Leslie Koch #99conf
  27. "Our mantra: brutal prioritization, maniacal focus." —Jeffrey Kalmikoff #99conf
Love the 25 quotes... Monte

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