Seth Godin Quotes
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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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If you can raise money, you're never going to have trouble getting a job.
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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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Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.
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More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.
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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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We notice what we choose to notice.
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Evolution is the most popular way we have for dealing with change.
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Play a new game, not the older game but faster.
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Conversations among the members of your marketplace happen whether you like it or not. Good marketing encourages the right sort of conversations.
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Low price is a great way to sell a commodity. That's not marketing though, that's efficiency.
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You cannot buy your way to share of voice today; you cannot buy attention anymore.
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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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So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.
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The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing
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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.
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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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When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.
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The best experiences and the biggest ideas don't fit into a category. They change it.
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Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate. They establish the foundation for people to make connections, as opposed to commanding people to follow them.
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A one-hit wonder is a legend who stopped early.
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Just about anything worth doing is worth doing better.
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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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People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.