Seth Godin Quotes
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Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator... Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
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It's not an accident that successful people read more books.
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Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.
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'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?
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Be personal. Be relevant. Be specific.
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Tell your lizard (brain) to shut up.
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It's never too late to start heading in the right direction.
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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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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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One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.
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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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Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn't be done.
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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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You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
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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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Turn strangers into friends. Turn friends into donors. And then do the most important job: Turn your donors into fundraisers.
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Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.
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I've never once met a successful blogger who questioned the personal value of what she did.
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You are not your resume, you are your work.
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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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Don't wait to be picked. Pick yourself.