Seth Godin Quotes
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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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Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
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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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Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.
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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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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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Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important.
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Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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People watch what you do more than listen to what you say.
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People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!
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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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Art is a personal act of courage.
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Say what you believe and see who follows.
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Ideas that spread win.
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Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.
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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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When in doubt, tell yourself the truth.
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There's a big difference between not settling and not starting.
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We do not need to teach students to embrace the status quo.
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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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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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If there isn't a good reason, go home. If there is, then do something ... loud, now, and memorable.