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Seth Godin Quotes - Page 12

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The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.

The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.

Business, Challenges, Done

It's clearly more fun to make the rules than to follow them.

Fun

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.11, Penguin

The problem with putting it all on the line is that it might not work out. The problem with not putting it all on the line is that it will never (ever) change things for the better. Not much of a choice, I think.

Thinking, Work Out, Choices

Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome of your work and you'll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety doesn't make you better.

Believe, Worry, Anxiety

Seth Godin (2012). “V Is for Vulnerable: Life Outside the Comfort Zone”, p.10, Penguin

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.

Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.42, Penguin

But what if I fail? You will. A better question might be, ‘after I fail, what then?’ If you’ve chosen well, after you fail you will be one step closer to succeeding, you will be wiser and stronger and you almost certainly will be more respected by all of those that are afraid to try.

What If, Stronger, Trying

You don't have to settle. It's a choice you get to make every day.

Choices, Mediocrity, Settling

For most modern marketers, quantity isn't the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection.

Life Changing, What Matters, Differences

You are not your resume, you are your work.

Motivational, Inspiring, Business

The less people know, the more they yell.

Communication, People, Knows

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

People, Goal, Archives

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

Perfection, Might, Matter

"No one reads a comic strip because it's drawn well". sethgodin.typepad.com. December 27, 2013.

Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.

Mean, Effectiveness, Important

Seth Godin (2013). “Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.50, Penguin UK

Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.

Art, Creativity, Eye

When you put your ideas in the world, then, and only then, do you know if they're real.

Real, Ideas, World

You can be right or you can have empathy. You can't do both.

Relationship, Inspiring, Empathy

People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

People, Mind Your Own Business, Gigs

Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.

Opposites, Overcoming, Helping

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.

People, Want, Critics

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

Art, Creative, Passionate

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.76, Penguin

Don't create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.

People, Kind, Mass

Two different things: A crowd is a tribe without a leader. A crowd is a tribe without communication. Most organizations spend their time marketing to the crowd. Smart organizations assemble the tribe.

Smart, Communication, Organization

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.30, Penguin

The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and your soul.

Heart, Journey, Challenges

Seth Godin (2012). “The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?”, p.23, Penguin UK

We know what you want to accomplish... The real question is, 'what are you willing to push through the dip for?' What are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to and generally be unreasonable about? Because that's what's going to actually get done.

Real, Done, Want

No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.

Hands, People, Bird

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