Seth Godin Quotes
-
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
-
People talking about you is far more effective than talking about yourself.
-
If you can embrace the idea that your success and happiness are tied up in defeating the fear that's holding you back, you're 90 percent of the way to where you need to go, because no, we're not kids, and no, this is not a bike.
-
Genius is the act of solving a problem in a way no one has solved it before.
-
Here's conventional wisdom: Success makes you happy. Happiness permits you to be generous. In fact, it actually works like this: Generosity makes you happy. Happy people are more likely to be successful.
-
More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation.
-
Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
-
Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened.
-
You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.
-
Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.
-
Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer
-
A dialogue leads to connection, which leads to trust which leads to engagement
-
Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
-
Skepticism doesn't help you hear.
-
As long as you want to please everyone, you won't please anyone.
-
Content Marketing is all the Marketing that's left.
-
No is the foundation that we can build our yes on.
-
Is it worth getting one more tweet out, or putting your phone down and doing something that is worth tweeting?
-
You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
-
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
-
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.
-
It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work, making the greatest impact, and changing the most.
-
Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
-
I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.