Seth Godin Quotes
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The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.
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The way to get unstuck is to start down the wrong path, right now.
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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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I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.
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If you don't like your definition of 'good enough', then feel free to change that, but the goal before shipping is merely that. Not perfect.
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Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek.
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We’ve been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all, to prefer fitting in with the right people, the people with economic power. Now it’s your turn to stand up and stand out.
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The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability.
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Care. Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.
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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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Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.
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Any customer that walks away, disrespected and defeated, represents tens of thousands of dollars out the door, in addition to the failure of a promise the brand made in the first place. You can't see it but it's happening, daily.
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We don't need more stuff, we need more humanity.
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Every single important thing we do is something we didn't use to be good at, and in fact, might be something we used to fear.
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More and more people now have jobs that require them to confront the risk of appearing stupid on a regular basis.
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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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The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity.
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You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome.
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You can game the social media in the short run, but not for long.
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The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference, the first thing you do should be to lay tracks to accomplish your goals, not to hear how others have reacted/ responded/ insisted to what happened yesterday.
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Don't try to be the 'next'. Instead, try to be the other, the changer, the new.
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Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.
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The problem with putting it all on the line is that it might not work out. The problem with not putting it all on the line is that it will never (ever) change things for the better. Not much of a choice, I think.
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Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it's a lot easier to launch work that matters.