Seth Godin Quotes
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'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'
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Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.
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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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Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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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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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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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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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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People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!
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Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got to find the people who care. Those people are worth all of your time.
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When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.
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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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There's a big difference between not settling and not starting.
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The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.
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The problem with holding a grudge is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else. It might be the competition or a technology or the lousy things that someone did a decade ago. None of it is going to get better as a result of revisiting the grudge.
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We do not need to teach students to embrace the status quo.
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Art is a personal act of courage.
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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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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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When in doubt, tell yourself the truth.
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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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Say what you believe and see who follows.
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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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Surprise comes from defying expectations.