Seth Godin Quotes
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Everyone we interact with is changed forever. The only questions are: How will they be different (and how different will they be), and how will we be different (and how different will we be) as a result?
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People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
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Great work is always shunned at first.
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Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can't see it
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It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.
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But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.
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Defending mediocrity is exhausting.
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Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you.
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My problem with the search for the badge of real is that it trades your goals and your happiness for someone else's.
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Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.
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Human beings, thanks to culture and genetics, are inclined to be pessimistic, fearful, skeptical and believers in conspiracy theories. We also don't like change.
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Marketing is the art of seeing (and then creating) what might be interesting to more than our friends
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People are buying only one thing from you: the way the engagement (hiring you, working with you, dating you, using your product or service, learning from you) makes them feel.
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It's not an accident that successful people read more books.
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A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do.
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It's never too late to start heading in the right direction.
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Life is not about gutting out every situation. It's about identifying opportunity or the lack thereof. If your pride is all that is standing in the way of quitting, quit. The right people won't care and the wrong people don't matter. If you know you're on the right path, persevere though the pain. It will be worth it.
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Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator... Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
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All the good things in my career are a direct descendant of what I did and learned at camp
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Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.
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The status quo is leaving the building, and quickly.
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No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.
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One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.
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Be personal. Be relevant. Be specific.