Seth Godin Quotes
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Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.
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When we think about what might go wrong, we're more likely to design something that goes right.
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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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Normal is fading away. Governments and industries and schools like normal, because it's easier, it scales and it's profitable. But people don't like it - we want to be who we are, not who some marketer tells us to be.
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When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short not easy. That means you must determine if the route is worth the effort. If it's not, dream bigger.
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I wonder if real art comes when you build the thing that they don't have a prize for yet.
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Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.
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If you can raise money, you're never going to have trouble getting a job.
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As long as you want to please everyone, you won't please anyone.
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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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Go do something interesting. Ask if you need help.
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At the heart of art is learning to see
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If you want to be a leader, go lead
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If you could do tomorrow over again, would you?
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The value we create is directly related to how much valuable information we can produce, how much trust we can earn, and how often we innovate.
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You can't fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience.
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The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist.
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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.
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Market-driven design builds the success of the product's marketing into the product itself.
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Many Things That Are True Are True Because You Believe Them.
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Entertainment has seduced us into believing that we have a chance to live the life they live in the movies. Even the people in the movies don't live that life. It doesn't take 135 minutes to make a life, it takes almost a century. Everything doesn't depend on what happens in the next ninety seconds. Ever.
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I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living, go to Wall Street and trade oil futures ... We're writers. We're doing something that is inherently a generous act. We're exposing ourselves to the muse and to the things that frighten us. Why do that if you're not willing to be generous? And paradoxically, almost ironically, it turns out that the more generous you are, the more money you make. But that's secondary. For me, the privilege of being generous is why I get to do this.
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If you're remarkable it's likely that some people won't like you.
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Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.