Seth Godin Quotes
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Every voice doesn't matter--only the voices that move your idea forward, that make it better, that make you better, that make it more likely you will ship work that benefits your tribe.
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The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.
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What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's something that people have wanted forever.
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Great work is the result of seeking out tension, not avoiding it.
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Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.
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A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there's the comfortable alternative instead? The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.
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Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.
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It's never too late to start heading in the right direction.
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Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.
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Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
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Without a specific reason for the consumer to behave, without a reward or benefit, the overwhelmed consumer will refuse.
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The thing is, the future happens. Every single day, like it or not. Sure, tomorrow is risky, frightening and in some way represents one step closer to the end. But it also brings with it the possibility of better and the chance to do something that matters.
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Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you.
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You don't become indispensable merely because you are different. But the only way to become indispensable is to be different. That's because if you're the same, so are plenty of other people.
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Isn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point.
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If you have no wish, how can it possibly come true?
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But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.
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A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do.
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The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way.
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It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.
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One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.
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You are not your resume, you are your work.
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No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.
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Be personal. Be relevant. Be specific.