Quotes about Inspiration

The way we make things better is by caring enough about those we serve to imagine the story that they need to hear.

As Susan Kare, designer of the original Mac interface, said, "You can't really decide to paint a masterpiece. You just have to think hard, work hard, and try to make a painting that you care about. Then, if you're lucky, your work will find an audience for whom it's meaningful.

Each of us can show up in our own way, but the choice is the same: to lead, to create work that matters, and to find the magic that happens when we are lucky enough to cocreate with people who care.

A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters.

Marketers make change. We change people from one emotional state to another. We take people on a journey; we help them become the person they've dreamed of becoming, a little bit at a time.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

Think for a second about the people you know who are engaged, satisfied, eager to get to work. Most of them, I'll bet, make change. They challenge the status quo and push something forward—something they believe in. They lead.

Try not to get caught up in the echo chamber. That is probably the toughest thing when you are trying to break out and do something original.

great marketing is the generous and audacious work of saying, "I see a better alternative; come with me.

In order to lead a tribe, no such rule applies. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you.

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change that you believe in.

Through your actions as a leader, you attract a tribe that wants to follow you. That tribe has a worldview that matches the message you're sending.