Seth Godin Quotes
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Studying entrepreneurshi p without doing it... is like studying the appreciation of music without listening to it.
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The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security.
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Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
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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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At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.
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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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Giving people what they want isn't always what they want.
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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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Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.
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Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
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Everyone is not your customer.
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Choose your customers, choose your future.
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The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes
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The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.
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People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.
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If you measure it, it will improve.
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Ideas that spread win.
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Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
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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 don't need more time in your day. You need to decide.
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Seeing, despite the name, isn’t merely visual.
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You don't need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment.
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But if the cow is purple, you'd notice it, OK? The thing that's going to decide what gets talked about, what gets done, what gets changed, what gets purchased, what gets built is, is it remarkable? And remarkable's a really cool word 'cause we think it just means neat, but it also means worth making a remark about, and that is the essence of where idea diffusion is going.
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Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.