Dick Costolo Inspirational Quotes

Richard William Costolo was born September 10, 1963, in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States and he is an American businessman. He was the CEO of Twitter from 2010 to 2015; he also served as the COO before becoming CEO. He took over as CEO from Evan Williams in October 2010.

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Inspiration is a powerful force that can touch us in various ways. It has the ability to stir something deep within us, encouraging us to break free from our everyday routines and expand our horizons. By inspiring us, we are able to see beyond our current limitations and tap into a world of new possibilities.

When we feel inspired, we are able to transcend our own doubts and fears. We move from a place of ambivalence and apathy to one of purpose and motivation. This shift in mindset can be transformative, allowing us to achieve things we once thought were impossible.

Inspiration has the power to change the way we perceive our own capabilities. It opens our minds to new perspectives and challenges us to grow beyond our current state. It helps us to see the world in a new light and sparks a desire within us to create something new and meaningful.

Whether it comes from nature, art, or the people around us, inspiration is a force that can fuel our creativity and drive us towards our goals. It can be the catalyst that propels us forward and transforms our lives in ways we never thought possible.

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Now, Dick Costolo’s inspirational quotes. Enjoy and leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

1. Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn’t just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement.
2. Believe that if you make courageous choices and bet on yourself and put yourself out there, that you will have an impact, as a result of what you do. And you don’t need to know now what that would be or how will it happen because no one ever does.
3. The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike… is to stop thinking about ‘there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off’ and just hop on and peddle the damned thing.
4. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way.
5. Managing by trying to be liked is the path to ruin.
6. There is no script. Live your life. Soak it all in.
7. Don’t always worry about what your next line is supposed to be. There is no script. Live your life. Be in this moment.
8. The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.
9. When you are doing what you love to do, you become resilient.
10. What is the thing that matters most to making progress right now?
11. As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life… be bold. Don’t always worry about what your next line is going to be.
12. Successful businesses measure and count things.
13. I think that’s a safe assumption on top of which we can drop the following hypothesis: unsuccessful business either measure nothing, the wrong things, too many things, or finally, they measure the right things but they don’t communicate the measurements efficiently.
14. Not only can you not plan the impact you’re going to have, you often won’t recognize it when you’re having it.
15. I was in Shanghai recently, where Twitter is blocked, and yet there were ads and billboards across town with hashtags on them.
16. Believe that if you make courageous choices, and bet on yourself, then you will have an impact.
17. When youre doing what you love to do, you become resilient.
18. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do whats expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen.
19. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.
20. When I was your age, we didn’t have the Internet in our pants. We didn’t even have the Internet not in our pants. That’s how bad it was. I know I sound like my grandfather right now.
21. We didn’t have teeth! There were no questions marks, we just had words! What was I talking about?
22. The Internet…Not only can you not plan the impact you’re going to have, you often won’t recognize it when you’re having it.
23. Authenticity is absolutely the key to a great tweet.
24. If there’s ever an example of the importance of making bold bets and focusing on what you love, it’s Twitter.
25. The beauty of Twitter is that more and more people are flocking to it because it’s shrinking their world.
26. Twitter brings you closer. I mean, we see this over and over again from our users. It brings them closer to the action. It brings them closer to their heroes.
27. Don’t always worry what your next line is going to be.
28. Apple is our mentor, Facebook is our enemy.
29. When I was your age, we didn’t have the Internet in our pants. We didn’t even have the Internet not in our pants. That’s how bad it was.
30. The Internet destroyed most of the barriers to publication.
31. The cost of being a publisher dropped to almost zero with two interesting immediate results: anybody can publish, and more importantly, you can publish whatever you want.

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