Roy H. Williams quotes
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“A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again.But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.”
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“Use half as many words and they'll hit twice as hard.”
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“It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.”
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“Small thoughts fit easily into a closed mind, but big thoughts require an open one.”
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“The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.”
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“Everyone is broken a little, I think, and the most broken of all are those who pretend they are not.”
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“In a thousand words I can have the Lord's Prayer, the 23rd Psalm, the Hippocratic Oath, a sonnet by Shakespeare, the Preamble to the Constitution, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and almost all of the Boy Scout Oath. Now exactly what picture were you planning to trade for all that?”
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“Our actions are all that separate our daydreams from our goals.”
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“Preparation, mastery, can help you overcome your fear, but mastery alone is not enough. There has to be something you want that’s worth more to you than your fear.”
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“Lives, like money, are spent. What are you buying with yours?”
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“The risk of insult is the price of clarity.”
-- Roy H. WilliamsSource : Roy H. Williams (2012). “The Wizard of Ads: Turning Words into Magic And Dreamers into Millionaires”, p.10, BookBaby
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“Have you heard of this new thing called the internet? It's giving people new expectations. It's allowing them to become their own expert. Knowledge lies anxious at their fingertips. Gloss over the truth in your advertising and you'll quickly be dismissed as a poser.”
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“The person who achieves spectacular failure has at least attempted something bold. Failure is a temporary condition. Success is likewise temporary. Life, itself, is temporary - so quit hesitating. Do something!”
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“Your heart, my friend, is the size of a stadium. If you try to fill it with small things - a new car, a vacation, a promotion at work, a bigger home, a stock portfolio - a mournful echo will fill your life. But if you fill your stadium with all of humanity and search for ways to make their lives better each day, you will find yourself in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing in the right way.”
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“A meaningless statement remains meaningless no matter how often it's heard.”
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“Take your inspiration from wherever you find it, no matter how ridiculous.”
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“Follow a trail of bold mistakes and at the end of them you will find a genius.”
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“String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect.”
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“You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person when they look at you, but you're not that person, either.”
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“No trade will be made unless they want the thing more than they want their money.”
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“Guard the secret theater of your heart. See nothing there that you do not want to see happen in reality.”
-- Roy H. WilliamsSource : Roy H. Williams (1999). “Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads”, Bard
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“A polarizing mission statement forces the reader to choose between two sides of a line drawn in the sand. Rare is the business owner who has the courage to craft such a statement.”
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“In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?”
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“Consequently, a young business often grows by large percentages. Mature businesses rarely do.”
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“Passion doesn't create commitment; commitment creates passion. To what are you committed?”
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