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21 " If you go to your team and you are constantly bashing the “higher ups” or the “corporate” entity, it destroys your own credibility and harms your ability to effectively lead your team. Think about it like this: if the “higher ups” are so bad, then why are you (the competent director, manager, or leader) still be working for them? "
― Zachariah Renfro
22 " To effectively weigh your options, you must understand your connection to your geography. Our geography can give us as much meaning as our careers. If our family/friends are rooted in a specific location, they are part of the geography. "
23 " The modern American is starved for trust, a sense of community, and a personal connection; these desires are revealed by viewing modern advertising. "
24 " Selling people things is a matter of determining their desires and figuring out how the product matches those desires. "
25 " Advertisers are very much like philosophers they analyze society, determine intrinsic values, and create a way to implement them. "
26 " I know from personal experience that living different distances from your support network dramatically affects your connection with them. Distance can seem rather abstract when not tied to concrete examples. Living three hours away does not mean anything until the first time you drive from school to home. "
27 " Ads are usually a company’s first line of contact with a customer. If the ad is not good, then people will think the company is not good. "
28 " Here is my central premise: if you have a good family/friends and you live near them, you can actively participate in each other’s lives and your life will be happier and more fulfilling. "
29 " Good advertisements are key, because people need good advice and good products in their lives; but if the good products are hidden behind bad ads then all is lost. "
30 " Every person has a limited amount of time on this Earth, but it can be easy to forget that fact when one is busy pursuing lofty academic truths. You can spend your whole life chasing knowledge and turn around and find that you have missed out on many important moments in your loved ones’ lives. "
31 " Being a man means your life is not about you anymore. Your existence is no longer defined by what you do for yourself; but what you do for others. "
32 " You must not be afraid to make mistakes; you should not be afraid to ask for help. Life is not a one man race; it is a team effort and requires a lot of other people in order to cross the finish line. "
33 " As we age, it becomes harder to make friends, and it is harder to maintain friendships. You don’t want to lose valuable friendships or grow apart from family, because you did not take the time to reflect on their importance. Even though family and friends might encourage you to chase your dreams; once they don’t see you every day, you are more or less forgotten. "
34 " Your relationships don’t have to be the first thing to get sacrificed in the pursuit of knowledge. You can be near your support network and pursue your dreams; it just takes creativity. "
35 " It would help if you remembered that from the randomness of the universe, spontaneous order shall rise. "
36 " If you feel you have learned it all, then you have made a grave mistake. "
37 " Many of life’s greatest truths are terribly unpleasant. "
38 " No one is going to bring the world to your doorstep. It is up to you to see the varieties of the human condition. "
39 " All people are valuable, and there is so much that can only be learned by meeting many people. "
40 " You must be excessively kind, charitable, and loving to all that you meet, the world has enough villains you must be a hero. "