Seth Godin Quotes
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Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.
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I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living, go to Wall Street and trade oil futures ... We're writers. We're doing something that is inherently a generous act. We're exposing ourselves to the muse and to the things that frighten us. Why do that if you're not willing to be generous? And paradoxically, almost ironically, it turns out that the more generous you are, the more money you make. But that's secondary. For me, the privilege of being generous is why I get to do this.
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Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things happen) is much more satisfying then just getting a paycheck and waiting to get fired (or die).
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Now, before sliced bread was invented in the 1910s I wonder what they said? Like the greatest invention since the telegraph or something. But... the thing about the invention of sliced bread is this - that for the first 15 years after sliced bread was available no one bought it; no one knew about it; it was a complete and total failure.
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Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.
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Art is what we do when we're truly alive.
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If there isn't a good reason, go home. If there is, then do something ... loud, now, and memorable.
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No one knows more about the way you think than you do.
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When your art fails, make better art.
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Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.
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Surprise and delight and connection are remarkable.
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Becoming a superstar takes about 10,000 hours of hard work.
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If you measure it, it will improve.
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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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Competition and the market are like water, they go where they want
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When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.
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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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Are you doing work worth doing, or are you just doing your job?
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Quality is not an absolute measure. It doesn't mean 'deluxeness' or 'perfection'. It means keeping the promise the customer wants you to make.
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I've found that giving gifts is transformative. It makes me better. It clarifies my thinking and allows me to do better work.
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'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'
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Art is a human act, a generous contribution, something that might not work, and it is intended to change the recipient for the better, often causing a connection to happen.
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We're better in the rearview mirror than we are at predicting - 'cause you're never going to be right every time. You can handicap it. You can point to certain elements that make it work, and many of those elements come straight out of epidemiology, right?
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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.