Seth Godin Quotes
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Shame must be accepted to be effective.
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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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When your art fails, make better art.
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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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Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.
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Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's where charisma comes from, from the leading.
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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 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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Studying entrepreneurshi p without doing it... is like studying the appreciation of music without listening to it.
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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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You can win with consistent benefits, delivered over time. You win by incrementally earning share, attention and trust.
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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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All artists are entrepreneurs. All entrepreneurs are artists.
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Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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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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Ideas that spread win.
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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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If you're not willing to get your 'worst one ever' out of the way, how will you possibly do better than that?
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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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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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Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.