Seth Godin Quotes
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Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.
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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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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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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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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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What people want is the extra, the emotional bonus they get when they buy something they love.
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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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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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No organization ever created an innovation. People innovate, not companies.
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Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don't lead to happiness.
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The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.
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A business owner is the boss, but it's a job, a place that is stable and profitable. An entrepreneur is an artist of sorts, throwing his/herself into impossible situations and seeking out problems that require heart and guts to solve. Both are fine, but choose.
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As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.
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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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Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.
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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.
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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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Incrementalism ceases to be a good strategy when there's a cliff on the route.
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In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for.