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You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.

You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.

Winning, Innovation, Trying

If you want customers to hear about you, make something worth talking about.

Talking, Want, Customers

Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.

Inspirational, Change, Too Late

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.119, Penguin

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Motivational, Business, Loyal Customers

If you wait until you are ready, it is almost certainly too late.

Waiting, Too Late, Ready

If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we're going to do important work

Falling In Love, Creating Value, People

One key to moving forward is knowing what to leave behind.

Moving, Keys, Knowing

It's never too late to start heading in the right direction.

Too Late, Heading In The Right Direction, Headings

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.101, Penguin

Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.

Persistence, Goal, Tactics

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Success, Effectiveness, People

FaceBook post by Seth Godin from Mar 21, 2014

Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn't be done.

Done, World, Decided

"All you need to know". sethgodin.typepad.com. May 13, 2010.

The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.

Inspiring, Insightful, Marketing

Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.24, Penguin

Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most successful, the cutest or the one with the fastest time. Forgive yourself for not winning every round. Forgive yourself for being afraid. But don’t let yourself off the hook, never forgive yourself, for not caring or not trying.

Successful, Caring, Winning

Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.

Status Quo

Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.

Different

"The merchants of average". sethgodin.typepad.com. September 27, 2013.

Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.

Careers, Littles, Way

Keep starting until you finish.

Starting

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

Leadership, Art, Ideas

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.63, Penguin

Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work.

Mistake, Making Mistakes, Lessons

There's nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.

Failing, Missions, Plans

Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.

Funny, Waiting, Maps

Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.27, Penguin

Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.

Successful, Simple, Thinking

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.100, Penguin

Making promises and keeping them is a great way to build a brand.

Promise, Marketing, Way

Seth Godin (2006). “Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas”, p.201, Penguin

People watch what you do more than listen to what you say.

People, Watches

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