Seth Godin Quotes
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A dialogue leads to connection, which leads to trust which leads to engagement
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The people that are doing work that matters aren't doing work thats popular. They're just doing work that changes some people.
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Success brings with it the fear of blowing it. With more to lose, there's more pressure not to lose it.
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If you can't make money from attention, you should do something else for a living.
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We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid.
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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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If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped by the instructions of those you've chosen to follow. Twenty people in the field and eighty thousand in the stands. The spectators are the ones who paid to watch, but it's the player on the field who are truly alive.
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Design is the last great competitive advantage.
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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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Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.
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Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.
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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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Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.
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If it's work, we try to figure out how to do less, If it's art, we try to figure out how to do more
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The future isn't so much about absorbing or tolerating change, it's about making change.
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You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.
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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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Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.
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The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.
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Once you have permission to talk to someone, finding new products or services for them is a smart way to grow.
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Make enough mole hills, and eventually you will build a mountain.
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Skepticism doesn't help you hear.
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The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.
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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.