Seth Godin Quotes
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A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.
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Nothing about becoming indispensable is easy. If it's easy, it's already been done and it's no longer valuable.
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If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we're going to do important work
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We've greatly exaggerated the risk of sinking, without celebrating the value of swimming.
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Things that look like shortcuts are actually detours (disguised as less work).
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Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.
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Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living engine of marketing and idea spreading, working every day to deliver your message with authority. You should write one.
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In other words, If you don't take action, you won't get any results You are not your resume, you are your work
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I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.
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No organization ever created an innovation. People innovate, not companies.
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The only people who get paid what they're worth are people who don't follow the instruction book, who create art, who are innovative, who work without a map.
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You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless.
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What people want is the extra, the emotional bonus they get when they buy something they love.
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Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don't lead to happiness.
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As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.
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The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.
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Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean.
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The largest enemy of change isn't 'no', it's 'not yet' - that is the easiest way to forestall change.
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You can't control other people, and giving them the power to decide if you will continue to produce good work is foolish.
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Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map.
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Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.
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No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.
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...the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace.
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In general, organizations are afraid to fire customers, no matter how unreasonable. This is a mistake. It's good for you.