Seth Godin Quotes
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The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth realizing that this is part of the deal, the price you pay for being good in the long run. Every rejection is a gift. A chance to learn and to do it better next time. An opportunity to figure out how to bounce, not break. Don't waste them.
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The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.
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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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Art is the work of a human, an individual seeking to make a statement, to cause a reaction, to connect. Art is something new, every time, and art might not work, precisely because it's new, because it's human and because it seeks to connect.
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The easiest way to thrive as an outlier is to avoid being one. At least among your most treasured peers. Surround yourself with people in at least as much of a hurry, at least as inquisitive, at least as focused as you are.
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Authenticy in marketing is telling a story people want to hear.
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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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It's easy to be afraid of taking a plunge, because, after all, plunging is dangerous. And the fear is a safe way to do nothing at all. Wading, on the other hand, gets under the radar. It gives you a chance to begin.
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Don't create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
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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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Copy, not from your industry, from others. You have to go where there is no competition.
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The opportunity is not in being momentarily popular with the anonymous masses. It's in being missed when you're gone, in doing work that matters to the tribe you choose.
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If you're in the idea business, it doesn't matter where you're from. It matters if we care about the change you're making.
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If you've got the platform and the ability to make a difference, then this goes beyond 'should' and reaches the level of 'must.' You must make a difference or you squander the opportunity. Wasting the opportunity both degrades your own ability to contribute and, more urgently, takes something away from the rest of us.
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Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.
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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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Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.
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I feel like I'm treating people as I'd like to be treated.
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I have something to say. I know how to do something. I’m doing it. If you want me to do it with you, raise your hand.
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Our job as marketers and leaders, is to create vibrant pockets, not to hunt for mass.
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Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek.
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If you can't be remarkable, perhaps you should consider doing nothing until you can.
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No one can be responsible for where or how we each begin. No one has the freedom to do anything or everything, and all choices bring consequences. What we choose to do next, though, how to spend our resources or attention or effort, this is what defines us.
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Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.