Seth Godin Quotes
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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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You dont need to convince everyone. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you.
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One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.
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Catering to the passionate is exactly what you should do.
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I'm not proposing that you let the crowd dictate, or that you work hard to fit in. Far from it. I'm proposing that you know the impact your choices are having and act accordingly.
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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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If you speak up online and your ideas have currency, people are going to show up and want to connect with you. What we need more of are people with the guts and emotional labour to do this. The greatest shortage in today's society is an instinct to produce.
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If you demand that everything that happens be something you are adequately prepared for, I wonder if you’ve chosen never to leap in ways that we need you to leap. Once we embrace this chasm, then for the things for which we can never be prepared, we are of course, always prepared.
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Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.
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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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When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn't big 'cause they ran a lot of ads. They're big because someone took out their iPhone and said to their friend, watch this, and pressed a button and a car pulled up.
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Marketers have to move upstream now. We have to stop being the last step in the process and start being the first step.
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Marketing yourself to a new person often involves being charismatic, clever and quick-but most jobs and most relationships are about being consistent, persistent and brave.
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By being remarkable, being genuine, you can be worth connecting with. And you don't have to have it figured out perfectly the first time - you can adjust.
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Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations
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This might end up in crying. If you're not prepared to cry about it, I'm not sure you're making art. And if you're not prepared to dance in anticipation, you're definitely not making art.
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The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.
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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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Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.
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Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value.
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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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Embracing the fear of freedom, deciding to determine your own path, this is the work of a grownup.
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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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Don't save the canary. Fix the coal mine.