Seth Godin Quotes
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If you hear my idea and dont believe it , thats not your fault its mine.
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This notion that it is up to each person to innovation in some way flies in the face of the industrial age, but you know what, the industrial age is over.
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Little changes cost you. Big changes benefit you by changing the game, but only if you go first.
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The world is begging for you to lead.
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Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.
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If your project or organization depends on knowing things that other people don't know (but could find out if they wanted to), your days are probably numbered. Ask a travel agent The alternative, while difficult, is obvious. Provide enough non-commodity service and customization that it doesn't matter if the ideas spread. In fact, it will help you when they do.
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Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.
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The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability.
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We don't need more stuff, we need more humanity.
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The goal of a marketing interaction isn't to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
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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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There are lots of good reasons to abandon a project. Having a little competition is not one of them.
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Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
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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.
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Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
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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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What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do for a living is ship.
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Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.
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The one path that never works is the most common one: doing nothing at all.
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If you don't require the journey to be easy or comfortable or safe, you can change the world.
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Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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Be with the ones you love and the ones that love you. Ignore everyone else.
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Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened.
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You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome.