Seth Godin Quotes
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It's not an accident that successful people read more books.
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Be personal. Be relevant. Be specific.
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If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.
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It's never too late to start heading in the right direction.
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...the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace.
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Tell your lizard (brain) to shut up.
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Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.
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And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.
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The status quo is leaving the building, and quickly.
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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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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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You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
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Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn't be done.
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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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Mass attention is almost unattainable and it's not clear that you want it.
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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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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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Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.
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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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Turn strangers into friends. Turn friends into donors. And then do the most important job: Turn your donors into fundraisers.
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If you treat your employees like mushrooms (keep them in the dark and regularly throw crap on them), it's entirely likely you will get precisely the work you deserve in return.
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You are not your resume, you are your work.
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The devil doesn't need an advocate. The brave need supporters, not critics
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The industrial age brought compliance and compliance brought fear and fear brought us mediocrity.