Seth Godin Quotes
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Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for the better.
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The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we'll ever get paid back appropriately.
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Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.
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If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.
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A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stores and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer's decision to choose one product or service over another.
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Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
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The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you.
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The internet has opened the door for millions of businesses to do things differently, because there are other assets now, assets that can transcend location. Your permission to talk to customers, your reputation, your unique products-you can build a business around them online.
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Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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The problem with words is that they easily lose their meaning. Say something often enough and it becomes a tic, not an expression of how you actually feel. Not only that, but words rarely change things. Actions do.
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It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.
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Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it
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Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.
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The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build a permission asset, build a blog, build a following, build credibility and build the connections you'll need later.
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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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Genius is the act of solving a problem in a way no one has solved it before.
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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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More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.
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Our cultural instinct is to wait to get picked. No one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.
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At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.
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Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
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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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Skepticism doesn't help you hear.
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The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing