Seth Godin Quotes
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The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.
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If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one.
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In a digital world, the gift I give you almost always benefits me more than it costs.
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We're going to spend our entire future living in tomorrow-investing now, when it's difficult, is the single best moment.
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Blaming the system is soothing because it lets you off the hook. But when the system is broken, we wonder why you were relying in the system in the first place.
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Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.
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Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations
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Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with even more resistance. Products, services, career paths... whatever it is, the forces for mediocrity will align to stop you, forgiving no errors and never backing down until it's over
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The YouTube video maker gets more out of making a video than you get out of watching it.
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If you think cat food is for cats, how come it doesn't come in mouse flavor?
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If not enough people doubt you, you're not making a difference.
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One theory says that if you treat people well, you're more likely to encourage them to do what you want, making all the effort pay off. Do this, get that. Another one, which I prefer, is that you might consider treating people with kindness merely because you can. Regardless of what they choose to do in response, this is what you choose to do. Because you can.
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It always feels too soon to leap. But you have to. Because that's the moment between you and remarkable.
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By being remarkable, being genuine, you can be worth connecting with. And you don't have to have it figured out perfectly the first time - you can adjust.
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Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our effort to imagine every possible way to avoid the outcome that is causing us fear, and failing that, to survive the thing that we fear if it comes to fruition.
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Marketers want to get their messages in front of you. They must get their messages in front of you, just to survive. The only problem is-do you really want more marketing messages?
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Emotional labor is available to all of us, but it is rarely exploited as a competitive advantage.
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Rehearsing failure is simply a bad habit, not a productive use of your time. When you choose to visualize the path that works, you're more likely to shore it up and create an environment where it can take place.
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If you can't sell to 1 in 1000, why market to a million?
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Too often, we don't give people the opportunity to fill in the blanks.
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The challenge is simple: Quitting when you hit the Dip is a bad idea. If the journey you started was worth doing, then quitting when you hit the Dip just wastes the time you’ve already invested. Quit in the Dip often enough and you’ll find yourself becoming a serial quitter, starting many things but accomplishing little. Simple: If you can’t make it through the Dip, don’t start. If you can embrace that simple rule, you’ll be a lot choosier about which journeys you start.
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If you believe that a given situation should make you unhappy, then it will, and the unhappiness will then reinforce the condition.
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Organizations grow when they persuade a tiny cadre to be passionate, not when they touch millions with a mediocre message
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Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.