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“Emotion is contagious.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

“Word of mouth is the primary factor behind 20 percent to 50 percent of all purchasing decisions.”
― Berger, Jonah, Contagious: Why Things Catch On

“Why does it matter if particular thoughts or ideas are top of mind? Because accessible thoughts and ideas lead to action.”
― Jonah Berger, Contagious: Why Things Catch On

“Even in cases where most people are doing the right thing, talking about the minority who are doing the wrong thing can encourage people to give in to temptation.”
― Jonah Berger, Contagious: Why Things Catch On

“Marketing is about spreading the love.”
― Jonah Berger, Contagious: Why Things Catch On

“I found a way to see in the dark. Close your eyes.”
― J.R. Rim, Better to be able to love than to be loveable

“Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept

“Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)”
― Irvin D. Yalom, Lying on the Couch

“If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept

“Life moves on and so should we”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“What would you do if you weren't afraid?”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“See what you're doing wrong, laugh at it, change and do better.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go.”
― Spencer Johnson

“If you do not change, you can become extinct !”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“Better late than never.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“Being in the uncomfortable zone is much better than staying in the cheese-less situation .”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“Movement in new direction helps find new cheese.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“Sometimes, Hem, things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one of those times. That's life! Life moves on. And so should we.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“Noticing small changes early helps you adapt to the bigger change that are to come”
― Spencer Johnson

“Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“when you change what you believe, you change what you do...”
― Spencer Johnson

“The More Important Your Cheese Is To You The More You Want To Hold On To It.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“It all depends on what you choose to believe.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“I guess we resist changing, because we are afraid of change.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.”
― Seth Godin

“The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.”
― Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

“If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position. ”
― Seth Godin

“At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.”
― Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

“Soon is not as good as now.”
― Seth Godin, Poke the Box

“Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map.”
― Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?