Seth Godin Quotes
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Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.
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The resistance is the voice in your head telling you to use bullets in your PowerPoint slides...It’s the voice that tells you to leave controversial ideas out of the paper you’re writing, because the teacher won’t like them. The resistance pushes relentlessly for you to fit in.
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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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If you work in an urgent-only culture, the only solution is to make the right things urgent.
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Bullhorns are overrated: having ten times as many Twitter followers generates approximately zero times as much value.
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I think if you're remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn't have a resume at all.
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The biggest takeaway for anyone seeking to write is this: don't go looking for the way other authors do their work. You won't find many who are consistent enough to copy, and there are enough variations in approach that it's obvious that it's not like hitting home runs or swinging a golf club. There isn't a standard approach, there's only what works for you (and what doesn't).
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If you're not upsetting anyone, you're not changing the status quo.
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There's no map for being an artist.
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Competence is the enemy of change!
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If you can't sell to 1 in 1000, why market to a million?
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Fans, true fans, are hard to find and precious. Just a few can change everything. What they demand, though, is generosity and bravery.
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There's a huge difference between being a replaceable cog on the assembly line and being the one who is missed, the one with a unique contribution, the one who made a difference.
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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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Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.
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Don't save the canary. Fix the coal mine.
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Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.
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Fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a curious person who explores first and then considers whether or not they want to accept the ramifications.
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Are you copying others? People won't pay extra for that. You won't be followed for that.
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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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The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.
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Go ahead and make something for the elites. Not the elites of class or wealth, but the elites of curiosity, passion and taste. Every great thing ever created was created by and for this group.
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The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.