Seth Godin Quotes
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Taking delight in the journey takes confidence. It pushes the envelope of design.
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What if getting bigger isn't the point? What if you merely got better?
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The enemy of creativity... is fear. We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.
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Popular is not the same important, or often, not the same as good.
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It's easy to pretend expertise when there's no data to contradict you.
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Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.
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The innovator creates a business where they are making money, even when they sleep.
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Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers. It's uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail. It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle...If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.
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Most people don't see that they have options beyond what society tells them to do. That's the biggest problem. They honestly believe that compliance is the shortcut to success.
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All motivation is self-motivation. Your family, your boss, or your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide what to accomplish, nothing will happen.
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The less people know, the more they yell.
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In general, organizations are afraid to fire customers, no matter how unreasonable. This is a mistake. It's good for you.
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Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map.
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Piracy is not the problem, obscurity is.
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Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.
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Dig your well before you're thirsty.
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So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
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The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations: It’s a process, not an event.
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Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
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Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.
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Your audacious life goals are fabulous. We're proud of you for having them. But it's possible that those goals are designed to distract you from the thing that's really frightening you--the shift in daily habits that would mean a re-invention of how you see yourself.
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The market ... demands a signal from you that you're serious, powerful, accepted, and safe.
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Incrementalism ceases to be a good strategy when there's a cliff on the route.
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Great work is the result of seeking out tension, not avoiding it.