Seth Godin Quotes
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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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The sooner we realize that the world has changed, the sooner we can accept it and make something of what we've got. Whining isn't a scalable solution.
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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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As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.
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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 secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
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Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.
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I don’t think the shortage of artists has much to do with the innate ability to create or initiate. I think it has to do with believing that it’s possible and acceptable for you to do it. We’ve had these doors open wide for only a decade or so, and most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.
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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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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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The problem with holding a grudge is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else.
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The key to success is to find a way to stand out--to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.
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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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Bullhorns are overrated: having ten times as many Twitter followers generates approximately zero times as much value.
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Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.
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It's impossible to have a coin with only one side. You can't have heads without tails. Innovation is like that. Initiative is like that. Art is like that. You can't have success unless you're prepared to have failure. As soon as you say, 'failure is not an option,' you've just said, 'innovation is not an option.'
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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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Don't save the canary. Fix the coal mine.
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What we most need in our lives, though, is something worth doing, worth it because we care.
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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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No one ever gets talker's block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say, and sits quietly, for days or weeks, until the muse hits, until the moment is right, until all the craziness in his life has died down.
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People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.
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There's no map for being an artist.