Seth Godin Quotes

The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.

Seth Godin

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• Play
• Games
• Balls
• Behave
• Bully

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