Seth Godin Quotes
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Keep starting until you finish.
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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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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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If you could do tomorrow over again, would you?
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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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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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When you are trusted because you care, it's quite likely the revenue will take care of itself
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I do not think you can get rid of the fear... but you can dance with it.
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If not enough people doubt you, you're not making a difference.
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The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing
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Just about anything worth doing is worth doing better.
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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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We notice what we choose to notice.
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The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.
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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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Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.
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I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.
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Books work as an art form (and an economic one) because they are primarily the work of an individual.
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Play a new game, not the older game but faster.
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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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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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You can't lose. Go, go, go!
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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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Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.