A few wise words may be all you need to get you back on track or get you going this New Year. 15 Smart Quotes from Experts to Help You Start the Year on the Right Foot.

1. 15
SMART
QUOTES TO HELP
YOU START THE
YEAR ON THE
RIGHT FOOT

2. PRESENTED BY…
Genevieve Lachance
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3. SUCCESS
Dan Schawbel
Founder of Millennial Branding Consulting and Author
“Success is determined by your
ability to sell yourself.”
.1
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4. SYSTEMS
Tim Ferriss
Entrepreneur & Author of The 4-Hour Workweek
“I value self-discipline, but creating
systems that make it next to impossible
to misbehave is more reliable than selfcontrol.”
.2
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5. TIME
Gary Vaynerchuk
Co-founder of Vaynermedia
“Everybody has time! Stop watching
F*ing Lost. If you want this! If you
want bling bling! If you want to buy
the Jets! If you want to do
sh*t…WORK! That’s how you get it!”
.3
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6. SELF
Seth Godin
Speaker and Author of Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip and Purple Cow
“I think the most productive thing to
do during times of change is to be
your best self, not the best version of
someone else.”
.4
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7. EQUITY
Mark Cuban
Businessman and Investor
“Sweat equity is the most valuable
equity there is. Know your business
and industry better than anyone else
in the world. Love what you do or
don't do it.”
.5
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8. ENGAGE
Scott Stratten
President of Un-Marketing and Author
“Marketing is not a task. Marketing
is not a department. Marketing is not
a job. Marketing happens every time
you engage (or not) with your past,
present, and potential customers.”
.6
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9. REMARKABLE
Ann Handley
Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs and Author
“Worry less about sounding professional
and worry more about creating
remarkable content that other humans
can relate to.”
.7
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10. CHANGE
Tony Hsieh
CEO Zappos
“Never accept or be too comfortable with
the status quo, because the companies that
get into trouble are historically the ones that
aren’t able to adapt to change and respond
quickly enough.”
.8
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11. WANT
Marissa Mayer
President and CEO of Yahoo
“You can't have everything you want,
but you can have the things that really
matter to you.”
.9
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12. REPUTATION
Warren Buffett
Businessman and Investor
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation
and five minutes to ruin it. If you think
about that, you'll do things differently.”
.10
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13. MISTAKES
Neil Patel
Entrepreneur and Co-founder of Crazy Egg, Hello Bar and KISSmetrics
“The number one reasons I see
entrepreneurs failing isn’t because they
make mistakes, but they keep on making the
same ones over and over again. Learn from
them and avoid making the same ones over
again.”
.11
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14. COMFORTABLE
Darren Rowse
Blogger, speaker, consultant at ProBlogger.net
“Do the uncomfortable. Become
comfortable with these acts. Prove to
yourself that your limiting beliefs die a quick
death if you will simply do what you feel
uncomfortable doing.”
.12
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15. CONTENT
Brian Clark
Founder of Copyblogger and CEO of Copyblogger Media
“If you’re not showing up during the
prospect’s self-determined buying journey,
you’re not in the game. But if you are
showing up via content, you’ve got a
chance to tell a truly different story.”
.13
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16. CONTROL
Derek Halpern
Founder of Social Triggers
“If you’re not building an email list, you’re
an idiot. I know that’s harsh, but when
companies can destroy your entire business
in one fell swoop, you should rely on things
you can control.”
.14
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17. JUMP
Michael Hyatt
Author of Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World
“When moving out of your comfort zone, be
sure to jump in with both feet. You'll have a
better chance of success if you give it your
all!”
.15
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