Seth Godin Quotes
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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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Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
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The problem with taking offense is that it's really hard to figure out what to do with it after you're done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.
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It might be bold to put your work into the world unadorned, but it's probably ineffective.
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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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If you don't require the journey to be easy or comfortable or safe, you can change the world.
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Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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... outsiders are way more likely to approach your organization with fabulous projects if they think they're likely to both get a good reception and succeed when they get to market.
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Skepticism doesn't help you hear.
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The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.
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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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Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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Mass marketing means appealing to the masses which means appealing to the average.
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If you're remarkable it's likely that some people won't like you.
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The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing
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Books work as an art form (and an economic one) because they are primarily the work of an individual.
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If you're different somehow and have made yourself unique, people will find you and pay you more.
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We're often in a hurry to finish. Or in a hurry to close a sale. What happens when we adopt the posture of being in a hurry to be generous? With resources or insight or access or kindness... It's an interesting sort of impatience.
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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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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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When you can swim, who cares how deep the water is?
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Our cultural instinct is to wait to get picked. No one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.
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Evolution is the most popular way we have for dealing with change.
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Faith in yourself, in your friends, in your colleagues and most of all, faith in your ability to impact our future is the best strategy I know.