Seth Godin Quotes
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Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, more able to get where they'd like to go. Every time we waste that opportunity, every page or sentence that doesn't do enough to advance the cause is waste.
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The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.
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Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.
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Following the well-lit path, offers little in the way of magic.
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The problem with words is that they easily lose their meaning. Say something often enough and it becomes a tic, not an expression of how you actually feel. Not only that, but words rarely change things. Actions do.
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Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.
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Earn trust, earn trust, earn trust. Then you can worry about the rest.
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Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.
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That's your opportunity - to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.
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Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.
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The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.
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The people that are doing work that matters aren't doing work thats popular. They're just doing work that changes some people.
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Deadlines have a lousy name. Call them live-lines instead. That´t what they are.
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Your biggest failure is the thing you dreamed of contributing but didn't find the guts to do.
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The real power of tribes has nothing to do with the Internet and everything to do with people.
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If I fail more than you do, I win.
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Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.
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I'm not a psychopath-I'm wearing a tie!
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If you think your organization needs a bigger marketing budget, maybe you just need to be less average instead.
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The way to get unstuck is to start down the wrong path, right now.
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Even good excuses, really good ones, don't help very much. Explanations, on the other hand, are both scarce and useful. And accurate forecasts and insightful intuition are priceless.
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If you borrow money to make money, you've done something magical. On the other hand, if you go into debt to pay your bills or buy something you want but don't need, you've done something stupid. Stupid and short-sighted and ultimately life-changing for the worse.
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The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.
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We need students who can learn how to learn, who can discover how to push themselves and are generous enough and honest enough to engage with the outside world to make those dreams happen.