Seth Godin Quotes
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More time to decide without more information just creates anxiety, not insight.
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I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.
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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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We’ve been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all, to prefer fitting in with the right people, the people with economic power. Now it’s your turn to stand up and stand out.
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You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome.
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Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.
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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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Keep starting until you finish.
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If you have a book to write, write it. If you want to record an album, record it. No need to wait for someone in a cubicle halfway across the country to decide if you're worthy.
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Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.
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Who gets to decide what you want?
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There are always limits, and opportunities. The ones we rehearse and focus on are the ones that shape our future.
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If you're different somehow and have made yourself unique, people will find you and pay you more.
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At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.
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The job is not the work.
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We don't need more stuff, we need more humanity.
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When you are trusted because you care, it's quite likely the revenue will take care of itself
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If you could do tomorrow over again, would you?
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Where do you go to get permission to make a dent in the Universe ? If you think there's a chance you can make a dent, go !
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Go ahead, fail. Try to avoid mistakes, though.
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Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can count on and expectations they can stretch for.
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Remarkable work often comes from making choices when everyone else feels as though there is no choice.
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Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.
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Instead of working so hard to prove the skeptics wrong, it makes a lot more sense to delight the true believers.