Andy Dunn Quotes

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Andy Dunn

Profession : Businessman

Birth : February 20, 1979

Business books are generally read and written by people who aren't good at business.

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It is obvious, in retrospect, to lean on those who love us most. With depression, in part because of the shame attached to it, it's harder to be honest.

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Passion provides purpose, but data drives decisions.

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The loudest voice in the room, sometimes, is the absent voice of the silenced.

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Tenacity is not about avoiding being overwhelmed but being indomitable in the face of the overwhelming odds of your venture's failure.

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What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.

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Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.

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Why should men be constrained by antiquated stereotypes of masculinity? What does it even mean to 'Be a Real Man' anymore? Shouldn't we all be celebrating a wide range of definitions of manhood?

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From Nike, we buy victory. From Under Armour, we buy protection. From Lululemon, we buy zen. From Patagonia, we buy conservation. From BMW, we buy performance.

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A founder is the emotional energy aorta of a company. The energy that emanates from a founder attracts people and capital to the endeavor. When that energy goes away, it can feel impossible to do the job.

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Being a founder is about being so driven to distraction by the world that you want to put something new in it. It's an act of creation, of irreverence, of defiance, of hope, and arguably one of narcissism.

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A founder plays a magical role at the company: they invented or, as in my case, co-invented it. If and when a founder walks out the door, there is something spiritual that walks out the door, too.

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Money greases the wheel of American democracy and corrupts it all.

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I'm not naive enough to believe it's in our nature to step outside our comfort zones.

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Only by being obsessed with little things do amazing things emerge.

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At Bonobos, we believe in the future of men.

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A protective self-narrative during conflict and duress sometimes obscures us from seeing the worst in ourselves. When the self-sustaining haze lifts after that conflict has subsided, we may recognize in ourselves the flaws the other saw in us at the time that we didn't have the emotional bandwidth to examine in the moment.

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At Bonobos, we believe that human beings are tired of shopping in stores.

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My definition of gender expands beyond just two genders.

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I've been in thousands of conversations dripping with misogyny. I've initiated many of those conversations myself. From my fraternity roots to my bachelor days in New York, I know I have not always shown up in ways that I am proud of.

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