Seth Godin Quotes
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Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.
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If failure isn't an option, then success isn't either. Success is just failure repeated until it works.
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Art...is the intentional act of using your humanity to create a change in another person...Passion is caring enough about your art that you will do almost anything to give it away, to make it a gift, to change people.
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Data is not useful until it becomes information.
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Good advice is priceless. Not what you want to hear, but what you need to hear. Not imaginary, but practical. Not based on fear, but on possibility. Not designed to make you feel better, designed to make you better. Seek it out and embrace the true friends that care enough to risk sharing it. I'm not sure what takes more guts-giving it or getting it.
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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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Just as we don't spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.
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The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.
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The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.
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Viewing the web as a platform for generosity is very different than seeing an opportunity to turn it into an ATM machine.
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I find that it's almost essential to fall in love with an idea to invest the time it takes to make it good and worth sharing. And then, the hard part: deleting that idea when it's just not what it could be. Too often, organizations are good at the first part, but struggle with the second. And so we defend expired business models, support the status quo and have a knee-jerk inclination to preserve what we've got.
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Insulate yourself... from anonymous angry people Expose yourself to art you don't yet understand Precisely measure the results that are important to you Stay blind to the metrics that don't matter Fail often Ship Lead, don't manage so much Seek out uncomfortable situations Make an impact on the people who matter to you Be better at your baseline skills than anyone else Copyedit less, invent more Give more speeches Ignore unsolicited advice
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The best way to be missed when you're gone is to stand for something when you're here.
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Don't measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. If you're not prepared to change your diet or your workouts, don't get on the scale.
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If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.
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Not adding value is the same as taking it away.
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Mostly, the best way to be the next Mark Zuckerberg is to make difficult choices.
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Here's the thing: The book that will most change your life is the book you write.
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If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power.
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Art is the act of navigating without a map.
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There's nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
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The first step to getting good is admitting that you aren't (yet).
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The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.
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In nearly every case, trying to lead everyone results in leading no one in particular.