Seth Godin Quotes
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The wettest, weirdest environment is human interaction. Whatever we build gets misunderstood, corroded and chronic, and it happens quickly and in unpredictable ways. That's one reason why the web is so fascinating-it's a collision between the analytic world of code and wet world of people.
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Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.
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Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.
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Excellence isn't about meeting the spec, it's about setting the spec.
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Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.
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The problem with the race to the bottom is that you might win
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We don't need more stuff, we need more humanity.
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The market and the consumer and idea trump the system.
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If I fail more than you do, I win.
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Genius is the act of solving a problem in a way no one has solved it before.
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Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.
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When you walk around braced for impact, you're dramatically decreasing your chances. Your chances to avoid the outcome you fear, your chances to make a difference, and your chances to breathe and connect.
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How was your day? If your answer was "fine," then I don't think you were leading.
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The best marketing strategy is to destroy your industry before your competition does.
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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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Following the well-lit path, offers little in the way of magic.
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Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have all gotten a one-star review along the way. No brand is perfect, no individual can pretend to be either. Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.
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Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it
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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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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.