Seth Godin Quotes
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You don't have to settle. It's a choice you get to make every day.
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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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Your success is no longer about your ability to do what you are told, and do it well.
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Be with the ones you love and the ones that love you. Ignore everyone else.
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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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Anxiety is practising failure in advance. Anxiety is needless and imaginary. It's fear about fear, fear that means nothing.
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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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Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our productivity, leverage and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it. The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less.
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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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Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.
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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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Many Things That Are True Are True Because You Believe Them.
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The one path that never works is the most common one: doing nothing at all.
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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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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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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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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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Little changes cost you. Big changes benefit you by changing the game, but only if you go first.
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Leaders who set out to give are more productive than leaders who seek to get.
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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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Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
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You can game the social media in the short run, but not for long.
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It's not about you, it's about the next person. The single best use of a business book is to help someone else. Sharing what you read, handing the book to a person who needs it... pushing those around you to get in sync and to take action-that's the main reason it's a book, not a video or a seminar. A book is a souvenir and a container and a motivator and an easily leveraged tool. Hoarding books makes them worth less, not more.
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Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.