Seth Godin Quotes
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I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.
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The definition of a revolution: it destroys the perfect and enables the impossible.
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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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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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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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One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find breakthroughs more often than everyone else is that they've failed more often than everyone else.
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The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing
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More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation.
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You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.
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When we intentionally seek out the difficult tasks, we're much more likely to actually create value.
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The best experiences and the biggest ideas don't fit into a category. They change it.
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Effort is its own reward if you allow it to be.
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Average feels safe but it's not. It's invisible.
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While you may have made money doing something a certain way yesterday, there's no reason to believe you'll succeed at it tomorrow.
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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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More time to decide without more information just creates anxiety, not insight.
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Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.
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I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.
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Studying entrepreneurshi p without doing it... is like studying the appreciation of music without listening to it.
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Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.
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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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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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You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.
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No is the foundation that we can build our yes on.