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Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter of being different at what you do.
Michael Porter
Strategy is about establishing a unique identity in comparison to your rivals. It's not an issue of outdoing them - it's an issue of being distinct from them.
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Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.
Michael Porter
Formulating an exclusive approach is about standing out. It implies purposefully selecting a distinct set of tasks to provide a distinctive amalgamation of worth.
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I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I am unlike any other that I have encountered. I dare to assume that there is nobody else like me in the world. If I am not superior, then I must be dissimilar.
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People will always criticize. Stay upbeat and love yourself! There's nothing wrong with being different.
Krystal
Persist in positivity and accept yourself! Don't let negative comments bring you down since being unique is a strength.
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We cannot safely assume that other people's minds work on the same principles as our own. All too often, others with whom we come in contact do not reason as we reason, or do not value the things we value, or are not interested in what interests us.
Isabel Briggs Myers
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If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
Bette Midler
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You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.
Andy Warhol
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Being different is awesome! All of those who are different are more interesting than those who are clamoring for acceptance because they follow the path.
Tony Hawk
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All of us are different. That's what makes us interesting and special. I don't want to be anything like another person. I want to be totally myself and go against the grain, forge my own path. I've learned that being different is what makes you stand out. It makes everything so much more intriguing.
Alicia Keys
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If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.
Johnny Depp
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I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
Gary Numan
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Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.
Andy Stanley
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My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.
Oscar Wilde
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I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.
Elijah Wood
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It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.
George Takei
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I'm not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself. I can't join your gang: you'd think I was a phony and I'd know it.
Vivian Stanshall
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Recognizing Quebec as being different, recognizing our history, recognizing our identity, has never meant a weakening of Quebec and has never been a threat to national unity.
Jean Charest
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People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.
Mary-Louise Parker
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There’s no need to glamorize one body type and slam another. We need to stop this absurd hatred towards bodies for being different sizes. It doesn’t help anyone and it’s getting old.
Jennie Runk
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I think every person has their own identity and beauty. Everyone being different is what is really beautiful. If we were all the same, it would be boring.
Tila Tequila
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To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any.
Les Paul
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When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
Tara Brach
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The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Albert Einstein
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I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.
Simon Cowell
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People May Hate You For Being Different and Not Living By Society's Standards,but Deep Down,They Wish They Had The Courage To Do The Same.
Kevin Hart
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I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.
Shania Twain
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Immorality does not consist in being different. It consists in not allowing others to be so.
Shakuntala Devi
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My experience is that inventors come in all sizes, all nationalities, all ages. The only thing I'm sure of is that inventors are always stubborn.
Robert Dilts
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It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. THE FEAR OF BEING DIFFERENT PREVENTS MOST PEOPLE FROM SEEKING NEW WAYS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.
Robert Kiyosaki
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All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'
Freida Pinto
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I was different, I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me?
John Lennon
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When we prohibit others from being different, we end up forfeiting our own right to Liberty.
John Webster
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So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
Will Rogers
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If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different, I'd rather be completely #$%^&^& mental.
Angelina Jolie
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You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.
Jonathan Davis
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If you don't make yourself irreplaceable, somebody will replace you. Being different is being remembered. Being the same is being forgotten.
Holly Smale
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You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.
Bernard Hopkins
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The relentless pursuit of being different is very French.
Alain Ducasse
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It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.
Carson Kressley
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Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.
Matt Bomer
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For being different, it’s easy. But to be unique, it’s a complicated thing.
Lady Gaga
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Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles. Why should we all dress after the same fashion? The frost never paints my windows twice alike.
Lydia M. Child
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Sometimes being different is not going to be the most popular thing. But you have to be confident in you and what you know is right and stand firm. You may lose friends over it. Families may even split up because of it. But that's the price to pay. That's the cross to bear when you really live your life for Christ.
DeLisha Milton-Jones
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A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?
E. Lockhart