Seth Godin Quotes
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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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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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The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way.
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If you have no wish, how can it possibly come true?
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So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
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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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Without a specific reason for the consumer to behave, without a reward or benefit, the overwhelmed consumer will refuse.
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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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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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It's not an accident that successful people read more books.
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It's never too late to start heading in the right direction.
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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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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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One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.
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'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?
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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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Marketing yourself to a new person often involves being charismatic, clever and quick-but most jobs and most relationships are about being consistent, persistent and brave.
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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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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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I don't like offending people, and it's easy to offend people when you don't know as much as they do. This group knows more about what it takes to lead in this way than I ever will. My goal is to push people, but I need to do it from a place of respect.
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Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again
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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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Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.