

“And by “tell the story right,” I mean be a good storyteller: Open with a hook. Lure the reader from one line to the next. Start in the middle of the action. Create compelling characters. Set the story around a central conflict. If you don’t have conflict, you don’t have a story (or a hook). And who would read that?”
― Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself
― Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself
“She slept with wolves without fear, for the wolves knew a lion was among them.”
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“Without the leaders building the tribe, a culture of mediocrity will prevail. Without an inspired tribe, leaders are impotent.”
― Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
― Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
“A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena. A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey. A nightingale does not stop singing its beautiful song at the intrusion of an annoying woodpecker.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
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