Seth Godin Quotes
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Solving problems—actually solving them, not just claiming you do—solving perceived, urgent problems, is a surefire way to get the world to beat a path to your door.
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The rest of the world isn't nearly as important as the few who are here.
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All the creativity books in the world aren’t going to help you if you’re unwilling to have lousy, lame, and even dangerously bad ideas.
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The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see.
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You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident.
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Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
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It's almost impossible to have fun playing ping pong with someone who doesn't care, won't try or isn't any good.
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No one is as smart as all of us.
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Who gets to decide what you want?
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The only reason to buy a paper book any longer is to own it and cherish it and remember it and tell a story about it.
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The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
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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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I think that any time reality doesn't match your expectations, it means that marketing was involved.
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Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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Perhaps marketing is about to transition to a new kind of profession, one that requires insight, dedication and smarts.
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If you're not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.
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Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic.
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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 soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art.
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Surprise and delight and connection are remarkable.
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Leading is a skill, not a gift. You're not born with it, you learn how.
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You have to pay the price to be in the right place at the right time often enough that people tend to see you as the regular kind.
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Marketing used to be what you say. Now, marketing is what you do. What you make. How you act. The choices you make when you are sure no one is looking.
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No one knows more about the way you think than you do.