Seth Godin Quotes
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Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most successful, the cutest or the one with the fastest time. Forgive yourself for not winning every round. Forgive yourself for being afraid. But don’t let yourself off the hook, never forgive yourself, for not caring or not trying.
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...the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace.
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The future of marketing is leadership
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Be with the ones you love and the ones that love you. Ignore everyone else.
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The digital asset that matters is trust. Awareness first, then interaction, and maybe a habit, but all three mean nothing if they don't lead to permission and trust. The privilege of connection. Everything else is slippery.
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The mistake so many marketers make is that they conjoin the urgency of making another sale with the timing to earn the right to make that sale. In other words, you must build trust before you need it. Building trust right when you want to make a sale is just too late.
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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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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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The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.
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Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
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Authenticy in marketing is telling a story people want to hear.
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How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?
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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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You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do, and you must.
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No is the foundation that we can build our yes on.
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The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.
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Go do something interesting. Ask if you need help.
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The value we create is directly related to how much valuable information we can produce, how much trust we can earn, and how often we innovate.
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Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.
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By the time there is a case study about your industry, you are already too late.
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If it's work, we try to figure out how to do less, If it's art, we try to figure out how to do more
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The application process changes the list of who applies. Your applicants reflect your methods.
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You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
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By definition, remarkable things get remarked upon