Seth Godin Quotes
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Average feels safe but it's not. It's invisible.
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The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
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Before you tell yourself you have no right to invent this or improve that, remind yourself that the person before you had no right either, but did it anyway.
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The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.
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Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work.
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I see things differently when I'm focused on opening doors for other people, and more often than not, my doors are opened as well.
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If you want to be a leader, go lead
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What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.
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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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No, the only way to know what people think is to watch what they do, not what they say. Do they come back for more? Do you cause them to change their behavior? Can you make them smile?
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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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You can define advertising as the science of creating and placing media that interrupts the consumer and then gets him or her to take some action.
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The time to look for a new job is when you don't need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable.
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As long as you want to please everyone, you won't please anyone.
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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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If I fail more than you do, I win.
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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.
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Shame must be accepted to be effective.
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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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I think it's fascinating to note that some of the most successful organizations of our time got there by focusing obsessively on service, viewing compensation as an afterthought or a side effect. As marketing gets more and more expensive, it turns out that caring for people is a useful shortcut to trust, which leads to all the other things that a growing organization seeks.
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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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Play a new game, not the older game but faster.
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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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There are always limits, and opportunities. The ones we rehearse and focus on are the ones that shape our future.