Seth Godin Quotes
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We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid.
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Make enough mole hills, and eventually you will build a mountain.
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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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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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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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A one-hit wonder is a legend who stopped early.
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Everyone has a comfort zone. Worth considering: How hard (and how often) are you willing to work to get out of it? You can turn that into a habit if you choose.
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Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing.
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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.
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I'm not a psychopath-I'm wearing a tie!
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Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say.
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The future isn't so much about absorbing or tolerating change, it's about making change.
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If you do a job where someone tells you exactly what to do, they will find someone cheaper than you to do it. And yet our schools are churning out kids who are stuck looking for jobs where the boss tells them exactly what to do.
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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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Earn trust, earn trust, earn trust. Then you can worry about the rest.
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Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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If failure isn't an option, then success isn't either. Success is just failure repeated until it works.
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If not enough people doubt you, you're not making a difference.
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Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.
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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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Art is the work of a human being – something a person does with generosity to touch someone else to make a change for the better.
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Good marketers tell a story.
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Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.
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Make more decisions. That's the only way to get better at it.