Seth Godin Quotes
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Design is the last great competitive advantage.
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Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.
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The future isn't so much about absorbing or tolerating change, it's about making change.
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We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.
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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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If you want to dig a big hole, you need to stay in one place.
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Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.
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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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Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.
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You can't win by being more average than average.
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As soon as we associate reading with a test, we've missed the point.
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Stop trying to find the formula that will instantly make your idea into a winner. Instead of being scientists, the best marketers are artists. They realize that whatever is being sold is being purchased, because it creates an emotional want, not because it fills a simple need.
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Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.
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Instead of working hard to keep their share of a shrinking pie, or working even harder to make sure the industry stays as is, I think the most essential thing legacy book industry players can do is set up independent ventures with great people and little interference and work really hard to put themselves out of business by starting at the bottom, not by reinforcing the top.
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The myth that the CEO is going to discover you and nurture you and ask you to join her for lunch is just that, a Hollywood myth.
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The market and the consumer and idea trump the system.
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The best way to be missed when you're gone is to stand for something when you're here.
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The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact . . . those people have goals.
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I'm not a psychopath-I'm wearing a tie!
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Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it's a lot easier to launch work that matters.
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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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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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Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
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At the heart of art is learning to see