Seth Godin Quotes
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The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.
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I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.
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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 way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.
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Art is what we do when we're truly alive.
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You can win with consistent benefits, delivered over time. You win by incrementally earning share, attention and trust.
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Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
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There are always limits, and opportunities. The ones we rehearse and focus on are the ones that shape our future.
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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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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.
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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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Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.
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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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A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.
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Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.
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Habits are more powerful than fears.
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People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!
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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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I see things differently when I'm focused on opening doors for other people, and more often than not, my doors are opened as well.
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Choices lead to habits. Habits become talents. Talents are labeled gifts. You’re not born this way, you get this way.
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Art isn't only a painting; it's anything that changes someone for the better, any nonanonymous interaction that leads to a human (not simply a commercial) conclusion.
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It takes confidence and guts to intentionally create tension.
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Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.
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Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.