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There is a giant gulf between doing something and doing nothing. And someone who makes a lolcat and uploads it - even if only to crack their friends up - has already crossed that chasm to doing something. That's the sea change, and you can see it even with the cute cats.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Between Cats Change Crack Crossed Cute Doing Even Friends Giant Gulf Makes Nothing Only Sea See Someone Something Up Who You

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An innovation will get traction only if it helps people get something that they're already doing in their lives done better.

~Clayton Christensen

Topics: Better Doing Done Get Helps Innovation Lives Only People Something Will

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The marginal cost of doing something 'just this once' always seems to be negligible, but the full cost will typically be much higher. Yet unconsciously, we will naturally employ the marginal-cost doctrine in our personal lives.

~Clayton Christensen

Topics: Always Cost Doctrine Doing Employ Full Higher Just Lives Marginal Much Naturally Once Our Personal Personal Lives Seems Something Will

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The key is not to figure out what the best people are doing and try to emulate it - rather, figure out what causes people and companies to be successful.

~Clayton Christensen

Topics: Best Causes Companies Doing Emulate Figure Key Out People Rather Successful Try

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By doing what they must do to keep their margins strong and their stock price healthy, every company paves the way for its own disruption.

~Clayton Christensen

Topics: Company Disruption Doing Every Healthy Keep Margins Must Own Price Stock Strong Way

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A great book seeks to explain causality, not correlation. It works to point out the circumstances in which it works, and where it doesn't. And in so doing, it is broadly applicable.

~Clayton Christensen

Topics: Applicable Book Circumstances Correlation Doing Explain Great Great Book Out Point Seeks Where Which Works

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Labels and classifications of any type are not law, nor are they written in stone. It's up to us to be aware of this and confront it and break through it by doing things that shock and surprise people because they thought we could never achieve at that level.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Achieve Any Aware Because Break Confront Could Doing Labels Law Level Never Nor People Shock Stone Surprise Things Thought Through Type Up Us Written

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If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Believe Despised Disservice Doing Down Feared Looked Ourselves Person Pitied Refuge Seeking

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The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.

~Cleveland Amory

Topics: Conscience Does Doing England Enjoying Just New New England Stop Stops You

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Why should we change onstage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.

~Cliff Burton

Topics: Big Change Doing Fancy Just Keep Like Onstage Should Something Trying Us Way Why

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