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Seth Godin Quotes - Page 11

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No one knows more about the way you think than you do.

No one knows more about the way you think than you do.

Thinking, Way, Knows

The goal of a marketing interaction isn't to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.

Moving, Opportunity, Goal

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

Leadership, Believe, Hands

Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.

Motivation, Business, Successful

I do not think you can get rid of the fear... but you can dance with it.

Thinking

You don't need more time in your day. You need to decide.

Needs, More Time

At the heart of art is learning to see

Art, Heart, Art Is

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.

Leadership, People, Management

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.55, Penguin

Make enough mole hills, and eventually you will build a mountain.

Mountain, Moles, Hills

The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we'll ever get paid back appropriately.

Favors, Paid

Make more decisions. That's the only way to get better at it.

Decision, Get Better, Way

Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.

Perseverance, Monday, Business

Remarkable work often comes from making choices when everyone else feels as though there is no choice.

Choices, Making Choices, Remarkable

"No choice". sethgodin.typepad.com. December 8, 2011.

Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.

Believe, Long, May

Seth Godin (2006). “Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas”, p.172, Penguin

Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.

Music, Powerful, Records

The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing

Running, Path

Permission marketing is marketing without interruptions.

Marketing, Permission, Interruptions

Shame must be accepted to be effective.

Shame, Accepted

Popular is not the same important, or often, not the same as good.

Important

Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.

Commodity, Competence, Scarce

Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic.

Leader, Charismatic, Being A Leader

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.127, Penguin

If you're remarkable it's likely that some people won't like you.

People, Like You, Remarkable

Seth Godin (2009). “Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable”, p.50, Penguin

Defending mediocrity is exhausting.

Mediocrity, Exhausting

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.32, Penguin

The challenge is simple: Quitting when you hit the Dip is a bad idea. If the journey you started was worth doing, then quitting when you hit the Dip just wastes the time you’ve already invested. Quit in the Dip often enough and you’ll find yourself becoming a serial quitter, starting many things but accomplishing little. Simple: If you can’t make it through the Dip, don’t start. If you can embrace that simple rule, you’ll be a lot choosier about which journeys you start.

Journey, Simple, Ideas

Seth Godin (2007). “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, p.32, Penguin

The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who are loud and angry.

People, Done, Problem

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