Seth Godin Quotes
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We've greatly exaggerated the risk of sinking, without celebrating the value of swimming.
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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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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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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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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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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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Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don't lead to happiness.
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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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No organization ever created an innovation. People innovate, not companies.
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As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.
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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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Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean.
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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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The largest enemy of change isn't 'no', it's 'not yet' - that is the easiest way to forestall change.
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The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.
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Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work.
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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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Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.
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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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Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.
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Increasingly, there are only two kinds of companies: brave and dead.
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What if getting bigger isn't the point? What if you merely got better?
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Popular is not the same important, or often, not the same as good.