Seth Godin Quotes
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As soon as we associate reading with a test, we've missed the point.
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An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.
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In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he's tired. Everyone is. That's not the point. The point is to run.
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Remarkable work is always not on the list, because if it was, it would be commonplace, not remarkable.
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Traditional corporations, particularly large-scale service and manufacturing businesses are organized for efficiency. Or consistency. But not joy. Joy comes from surprise and connection and humanity and transparency and new...If you fear special requests, if you staff with cogs, if you have to put it all in a manual, then the chances of amazing someone are really quite low.
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Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer
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The opposite of coherent is interesting.
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Art is the work of a human being – something a person does with generosity to touch someone else to make a change for the better.
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We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative.
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The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.
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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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How often do our heroes stand still? It's hard to imagine Spock and Kirk landing on a planet and just relaxing for a month or two. Just hanging out has nothing to do with boldly going where no one has gone before. What makes us different from every other creature is that we go places, places we've not gone before. We do it willingly, and often. What makes our work and our life interesting is discovery, surprise, and the risk of exploration.
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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 you hear my idea and dont believe it , thats not your fault its mine.
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At the heart of art is learning to see
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Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.
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Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.
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If your project or organization depends on knowing things that other people don't know (but could find out if they wanted to), your days are probably numbered. Ask a travel agent The alternative, while difficult, is obvious. Provide enough non-commodity service and customization that it doesn't matter if the ideas spread. In fact, it will help you when they do.
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One way to work the system is to work the system. The other way is to refuse to work it.
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Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
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Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.
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We don't need more stuff, we need more humanity.
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Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
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The world is begging for you to lead.