Seth Godin Quotes
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It's human nature to quit when it hurts. But it's that reflex that creates scarcity.
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The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.
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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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If you're working with a spreadsheet or a thread of correspondence or a set of data, I'm not sure you're doing your best work if you're doing it on an iPhone.
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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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Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can.
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You are not your resume, you are your work.
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Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.
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Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our effort to imagine every possible way to avoid the outcome that is causing us fear, and failing that, to survive the thing that we fear if it comes to fruition.
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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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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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The industrial age brought compliance and compliance brought fear and fear brought us mediocrity.
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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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You gain converts by winning at something the existing provider didn't think was so important.
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Sharing an idea you care about is a generous way to change your world for the better.
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Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations
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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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If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?
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Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting.
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I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace.
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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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Dreamers don't have special genes. They find circumstances that amplify their dreams.
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The brand of the future...is patient, consistent, connected, and trusted. The new brand is based on the truth that only comes from experiencing the product, not just yelling about it. Word of mouth is more important (by a factor of 20) than TV advertising, and the remarkability word of mouth demands comes from what we experience, not from spin or taglines or a campaign slogan.
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The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over.