Seth Godin Quotes
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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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The world is begging for you to lead.
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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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The reason it seems that price is all your customers care about is that you haven't given them anything else to care about.
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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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I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that's a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you'd have to face tomorrow is to eliminate all risk ... I've made the decision that I'm never trying to make everything okay. I'm trying for there to be more loose ends, not fewer loose ends.
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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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Which are you?...competen t, inspiring, passionate, obsessed, provocative, impatient, hungry, driven, adoring, inspired, an artist, a genius, someone who cares...? With all these remarkable, powerful, important options available to each of us, why do so many of us default to competent?
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People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.
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It might be bold to put your work into the world unadorned, but it's probably ineffective.
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Reputation is what people expect us to do next. It's their expectation of the quality and character of the next thing we produce or say or do. We control our actions (even when it feels like we don't) and our actions over time (especially when we think no one is looking) earn our reputation.
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The first step to getting good is admitting that you aren't (yet).
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Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.
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It's pretty easy to decide to roll with the punches, to look at the enormity of natural disaster and choose to hunker down and do less. It's more important than ever, I think, to persist and make a dent in the universe instead. We've all been offered access to so many tools, so many valuable connections, so many committed people. What an opportunity.
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This might end up in crying. If you're not prepared to cry about it, I'm not sure you're making art. And if you're not prepared to dance in anticipation, you're definitely not making art.
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Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.
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The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.
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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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Deadlines have a lousy name. Call them live-lines instead. That´t what they are.
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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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If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.
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You don't have to settle for the status quo, for being good enough, for getting by, for working all night.
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Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
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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.