Quotes About Individuality

Most people go through life and never develop strong views on things, or specifically go along and buy into the consensus. One of the things I think you want to look for as both a founder and as an investor is things that are out of consensus, something very much opposed to the conventional wisdom. . . . Then, if you're going to start a company around

Be bold and don't worry about what people think. They don't do it that often anyway.

I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time. —HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE,

Be willing to fail or succeed on who you really are. Don't ever try to be anything else. What you are is good enough for whatever it is you're doing.

Never Audition—Own or Create a Unique Niche

There is always constant pressure to conform. But originality only happens on the edges of reality.

From Japan to Monaco, from globetrotting single mothers to multimillionaire racecar drivers, the basic rules of successful NR are surprisingly uniform and predictably divergent from what the rest of the world is doing.

You can be a juicy ripe peach and there'll still be someone who doesn't like peaches.

The biggest mistake you can make is to accept the norms of your time.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." –Joseph Campbell American mythologist and writer, known for The Hero with a Thousand Faces

I believe that music and people don't mix; that music should be appreciated alone without seeing or knowing who the musicians are and without other people around. Just listening to music for its own sake, not listening to the people around you and not filtered through what you know about the musician's personal life.

Kurt Vonnegut said about his process: "When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth." Don't overestimate the world and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think. And you are not alone.

There is no universal path to success.

No one cares if you are a people person. Have a point of view, and share it meaningfully, thoughtfully, and with conviction.

La gran tentación de la gente es querer ser otra persona, quieren protagonizar la película de otro.

It's good not to follow the herd. Go the other way. If everyone's going that way, you go this other way. You're gonna stumble, but you're also gonna stumble upon an idea no one came up with. . . .

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." —Mark Twain. This

Invierte un poco más de tiempo en hacerlo un poco más humano o (dependiendo del negocio) un poco más divertido, un poco más diferente, o un poco más lo que sea. Valdrá la pena, y ése es mi estímulo.» (Véase el mejor

People-pleasing is a form of assholery,

You need to build your own house, your own shelter.

La verdad es que no me importa la nota que saques en el examen de vocabulario. Lo que me importa es si tienes algo que decir".»

As Bruce Lee said, "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." THE

Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. —RALPH CHARELL