Seth Godin Quotes
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People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.
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Everyone will think it's stupid!" "Everyone says it's impossible." Guess what? Everyone works in the balloon factory and everyone is wrong.
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If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.
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It's rare to find a consistently creative or insightful person who is also an angry person. They can't occupy the same space, and if your anger moves in, generosity and creativity often move out. It's difficult to use revenge or animus to fuel great work.
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Your positions on EVERYTHING are based on the story you tell yourself and not some universal fact from the universal fact database.
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I'm not proposing that you let the crowd dictate, or that you work hard to fit in. Far from it. I'm proposing that you know the impact your choices are having and act accordingly.
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Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.
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The answer to the question "where do good ideas come from" is always the same, the come from bad ideas. If you come up with 20 bad ideas you get one good one.
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The thing is, the future happens. Every single day, like it or not. Sure, tomorrow is risky, frightening and in some way represents one step closer to the end. But it also brings with it the possibility of better and the chance to do something that matters.
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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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Care. Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.
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The first step to getting good is admitting that you aren't (yet).
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Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
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The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on a mission
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Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
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It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.
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Don't have any meetings about your web strategy. Just do stuff. First you have to fail, then you can improve.
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Too often, the person who wrecks our work is us.
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Trust is precious and easily wasted, and guessing is a lousy foundation for future progress.
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The goal is to be on the hook, not to let someone else do the scary parts.
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If you're not upsetting anyone, you're not changing the status quo.
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If you hear my idea but don't believe it, that's not your fault; it's mine. If you see my new product but don't buy it, that's my failure, not yours. If you attend my presentation and you're bored, that's my fault too.
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If you hesitate to map out your future, to make a big plan or to set a goal, you've just gone ahead and mapped your future anyway.
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Caring, it turns out, is a competitive advantage, and one that takes effort, not money.