Seth Godin Quotes
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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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Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.
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The goal of a marketing interaction isn't to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
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The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who are loud and angry.
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If you want to be a leader, go lead
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Art...is the intentional act of using your humanity to create a change in another person...Passion is caring enough about your art that you will do almost anything to give it away, to make it a gift, to change people.
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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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More time to decide without more information just creates anxiety, not insight.
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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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No, everything is not going to be okay. It never is. It isn't okay now. Change, by definition, changes things
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If you use your money to create exceptional products and services, you won't need to spend it on advertising.
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You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.
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What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? If you're not, you're wasting away.
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I think "creativity" is better described as failing repeatedly until you get something right.
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Just about anything worth doing is worth doing better.
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It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work, making the greatest impact, and changing the most.
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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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My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.
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Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.
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Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
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Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work.
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The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.
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You can't lose. Go, go, go!
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Marketing isn't done by computers, it's done by people. And people who sense opportunity and have the confidence to be remarkable will always defeat defensive actions by people who have given up.