Seth Godin Quotes
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Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.
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The problem with working with a coach isn't that we don't know what to do. The real problem is that we don't want to change our mind.
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Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, more able to get where they'd like to go. Every time we waste that opportunity, every page or sentence that doesn't do enough to advance the cause is waste.
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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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Many Things That Are True Are True Because You Believe Them.
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The edge is a great place to be. Inside the box is too dark. Outside the box, there's no leverage. But on the edge of the box, you can get things done!
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Your drudgery is another person's delight. It's only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.
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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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Go ahead, fail. Try to avoid mistakes, though.
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Content Marketing is all the Marketing that's left.
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Soon is not as good as now.
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The opposite of coherent is interesting.
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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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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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Make more decisions. That's the only way to get better at it.
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Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work.
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The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing
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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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I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.
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Just imagine how much you'd get done if you stopped actively sabotaging your own work.
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Plans are great, but missions are better.
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If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either.
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In fact, most of the time, people with similar information, similar beliefs and similar apparent choices will choose similar actions. So if you want to know why someone does what they do, start with what they know, what they believe and where they came from. Dismissing actions we don't admire merely because we don't care enough to have empathy is rarely going to help us make the change we seek. It doesn't help us understand, and it creates a gulf that drives us apart.
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Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.