Seth Godin Quotes
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When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.
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Everyone picks the best one when given a choice.
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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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The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
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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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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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Habits are more powerful than fears.
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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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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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Surprise comes from defying expectations.
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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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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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This notion that it is up to each person to innovation in some way flies in the face of the industrial age, but you know what, the industrial age is over.
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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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People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!
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Say what you believe and see who follows.
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One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that.
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The conversation is happening about your brand whether you're a part of it or not.
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Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.
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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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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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What marketers used to do is make average products for average people. That's what mass marketing is. They would ignore the geeks, and - God forbid - the laggards. It was all about going for the center. I don't think that's the strategy we want to use anymore.
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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.