Seth Godin Quotes
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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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My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.
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If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.
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Your success is no longer about your ability to do what you are told, and do it well.
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It's more important that you be passionate about what you do all day than it is to be passionate about the product that is being sold.
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Play a new game, not the older game but faster.
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It takes confidence and guts to intentionally create tension.
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Shame must be accepted to be effective.
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The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference, the first thing you do should be to lay tracks to accomplish your goals, not to hear how others have reacted/ responded/ insisted to what happened yesterday.
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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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So by giving people a tool that they can share and benefit from, it's a form of media that isn't controlled by Rupert Murdoch or the guys at Viacom. It is a form of media that is earned every single time it spreads.
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Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle royal, one between the quest for safety and the desire to matter.
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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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The best marketing strategy is to destroy your industry before your competition does.
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Marketing management is now tribal leadership.
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It's far easier to put your future into someone else's hands than it is to slog your way forward, owning the results as you go.
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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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Decide, before you start, that you're going to change three things about what you do all day at work. Then, as you're reading, find the three things and do it. The goal of the reading, then, isn't to persuade you to change, it's to help you choose what to change.
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The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.
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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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Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.
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The essence of marketing today is to tell a story to people who want to hear it, in a way that resonates with them so they are likely to either respond or connect to you, or tell their friends.
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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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Two different things: A crowd is a tribe without a leader. A crowd is a tribe without communication. Most organizations spend their time marketing to the crowd. Smart organizations assemble the tribe.