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Weekly Insights: Motivation Activated

Feb 22, 2022 3:00:00 PM

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What truly motivates us? Certainly it's more than words, and yet the things we read make up yet another facet of the environment that can make or break your success. To demonstrate, we made the following wordcloud out of the 50 top motivational quotes most loved by our team.

Word cloud based on motivational quotes

Does this line up with the resources that motivate you? Make your own weighted wordcloud based on the last quote, article, or book chapter you read and see for yourself.



Go Fast to Go Slow 

"Some say I was an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted ten years." -Lisa Morton

Gif of turtle or hare

The whole tortoise and hare allegory is the worst thing we've ever heard. Why? Because it makes all children who hear it think that speed is inherently bad and slow and steady wins the race every time. 

Who else out there knows that to be bullshit?

Read the full article here.



The Take

Don't let yourself get into a springtime slump! Re-inspire your passion with these quotes that you can save as a background for your phone or share to your stories to kick your team into gear!

Preview of "Thought-Provoking Quotes to Fuel Your Entrepreneurial Spirit"

Click the picture above to download the Take of the week! 



The Word

Check out our recommended reading for the week: 

  • Finding joy in the Hustle with John Henry: "If it's not fully capturing my imagination, I would make the scarier choice."​ (LinkedIn)
    • It’s not easy to balance joy and creativity with rigor and grit. But we like this old favorite from John Henry, because he makes it look easy, and we agree with his take on making “the scarier choice.”
    • Why should you care? Because, as Henry says, you won’t find your way in a network of go-getting entrepreneurs just by looking around. You find it by doing the damn thing. 
  • Building a Company While Battling Depression (Harvard Business Review)
    • When recounting how her company Melissa & Doug became successful, Melissa Bernstein says that it inevitably involved “what you would call failures.” She is also transparent in acknowledging that the traits that make her a successful, creative businesswoman go hand-in-hand with the depression she’s experienced her whole life. 
    • Why should you care? Mental health should never be a barrier to success, and deeply understanding how it shows up in your work (or workplace) will help you go farther.
  • Netflix CEO: why you shouldn't try to please your boss (The Economist)
    • Most of our industrial culture is not really focused on creativity,” says Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. “It’s focused on error prevention..."
    • Why should you care? If you want to break the mold in your industry, you might want to take some tips on how to manage other people to help you do it. 

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