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“You have to do the hard things. The things that no one else is doing. The things that scare you. The things that make you wonder how much longer you can hold on.

Those are the things that define you. Those are the things that make the difference between living a life of mediocrity or outrageous success.

The hard things are the easiest things to avoid. To excuse away. To pretend like they don’t apply to you.

The simple truth about how ordinary people accomplish outrageous feats of success is that they do the hard things that smarter, wealthier, more qualified people don’t have the courage — or desperation — to do.

Do the hard things. You might be surprised at how amazing you really are.”

Read a fantastic list of hard things you must do to succeed at Business Insider

Read more: http://danwaldschmidt.com/2014/01/attitude/hard-things#ixzz3F6kNqupT

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ~ Steve Jobs

The Power of Positive Deviance

• A “positive deviant” is an individual who represents an exception to a social norm

• A community with a problem must discover it’s own positive deviants — people who have independently avoided the problem and thus hold clues to the solution

• This strategy works on many levels, situations, and industries

• Systems pass through four stages on the road to change:

  • prolonged equilibrium – system resists change, though deviants exist

  • invitation stage – chaos engulfs community, opening the door for change

  • self-organization – develops as members look inward for a solution

  • unintended consequences – unexpected solutions and results

– Richard Pascale
via @NickPassig