"I used to wake up and look at our analytics and think, 'What if yesterday was the last day anyone used Pinterest?' Like, everyone collectively decided, 'We're done!' Over time I got more confidence."

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Source : "Ben Silbermann, Pinterest Founder And CEO, Talks Criticism, Fears". Interview with Sara Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 27, 2012.

Ben Silbermann

#Thinking Quotes #Yesterday Quotes #What If Quotes

“Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not without reason called famous.”
“When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.”
“The pain of depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be borne. The prevention of many suicides will continue to be hindered until there is a general awareness of the nature of this pain.”

Source : William Styron (1990). “Darkness visible: a memoir of madness”, Random House Incorporated
“Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.”
“I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression.”
“Dare to love every person, including yourself. Become the energy of love.”
“It is a vast, and pervasive, cognitive mistake to assume that people who agree with you (or disagree) do so on the same criteria that you care about.”

Source : "Egotistical bias". www.theatlantic.com. June 12, 2008.
“Pre-suasion is the practice of getting people sympathetic to your message before they experience it. It's the ability to cause people to have something at the top of their consciousness that makes them receptive to your message that's yet to come.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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