Seth Godin Quotes
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Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.
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Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.
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If you take action, you will be judged. There's no way around it. The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored. Up to you.
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Sooner or later, the ones who told you that this isn't the way it's done, the ones who found time to sneer, they will find someone else to hassle. Sooner or later, they stop pointing out how much hubris you've got, how you're not entitled to make a new thing, how you will certainly come to regret your choices. Sooner or later, your work speaks for itself. Outlasting the critics feels like it will take a very long time, but you're more patient than they are.
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The second person to write a story about a young boy and an escaped slave on the Mississippi wasn't a novelist, he was a typist.
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Making promises and keeping them is a great way to build a brand.
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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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Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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You can be right or you can have empathy. You can't do both.
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The YouTube video maker gets more out of making a video than you get out of watching it.
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Art changes posture and posture changes innocent bystanders.
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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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Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, "You're not going where I need to go, and there's no way I'm going to persuade all of you to follow me. So rather than standing here watching the opportunities fade away, I'm heading off. I'm betting some of you, the best of you, will follow me.
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Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.
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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.
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The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way.
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The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work in a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.
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Rehearsing failure is simply a bad habit, not a productive use of your time. When you choose to visualize the path that works, you're more likely to shore it up and create an environment where it can take place.
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There's no map for being an 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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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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In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.
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How do I dance with the fear? Fear is not the enemy. Paralysis is the enemy.
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Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.