Seth Godin Quotes
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Dreamers don't have special genes. They find circumstances that amplify their dreams.
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You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
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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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The problem with holding a grudge is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else.
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Most people are searching for a path to success that is both easy and certain. Most paths are neither.
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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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I find that I have about six bloggable ideas a day. I also find that writing twice as long a post doesn't increase communication, it usually decreases it. And finally, I found that people get antsy if there are unread posts in their queue.
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Competition validates you. It creates a category. It permits the sale to be this or that, not yes or no.
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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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Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.
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Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting.
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Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.
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The devil doesn't need an advocate. The brave need supporters, not critics
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The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest.
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Don't wait to be picked. Pick yourself.
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You market when you hire and when you fire. You market when you call tech support, and you market every time you send a memo.
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For most modern marketers, quantity isn't the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection.
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Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can.
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The industrial age brought compliance and compliance brought fear and fear brought us mediocrity.
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Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.
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The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.
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You dont need to convince everyone. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you.
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We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing.