Seth Godin Quotes
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I hope I'm better looking than Yoda, but - I'm really interested in people who have something to say, a change they want to make and can't figure out why they can't make it spread.
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The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed connections. It's precisely the high-wire act of "this might not work" that makes original art worth doing.
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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're not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.
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Average feels safe but it's not. It's invisible.
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Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.
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Treat different people differently. Anything else is a compromise.
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People talking about you is far more effective than talking about yourself.
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The digital asset that matters is trust. Awareness first, then interaction, and maybe a habit, but all three mean nothing if they don't lead to permission and trust. The privilege of connection. Everything else is slippery.
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Will you succeed because you are more well-rounded than others? Because you fit in better than everyone else? Bloody unlikely. We succeed when we are trusted to be the best at what we do.
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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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You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
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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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It takes three years to be an overnight success, sometimes more.
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The application process changes the list of who applies. Your applicants reflect your methods.
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One way to sell a consumer something in the future is simply to get his or her permission in advance.
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Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer
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The definition of a revolution: it destroys the perfect and enables the impossible.
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Own your dreams. There is no better way to make them happen.
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Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
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Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.
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Transformation al leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead.
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Sign your work...If you're not proud of it, don't ship it. If you are, sign your work and own the results. We'll know who to thank. If you work for a place where work goes unsigned (internally, in particular) it's worth asking why.
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You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident.