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Seth Godin Quotes - Page 14

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We fail when we give up too soon.

We fail when we give up too soon.

Giving Up, Giving, Failing

Seth Godin (2007). “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, p.71, Penguin

Initiative is the privilege of picking yourself.

Privilege, Initiative

Seth Godin (2012). “V Is for Vulnerable: Life Outside the Comfort Zone”, p.26, Penguin

Instead of working hard to keep their share of a shrinking pie, or working even harder to make sure the industry stays as is, I think the most essential thing legacy book industry players can do is set up independent ventures with great people and little interference and work really hard to put themselves out of business by starting at the bottom, not by reinforcing the top.

Book, Independent, Player

Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.

Waiting, Instinct, Picks

Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.

Done, You Choose

"Learning Is Something You Choose" by Catherine Gobron, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 20, 2015.

The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.

Want, Connections, Reader

Mostly, the best way to be the next Mark Zuckerberg is to make difficult choices.

Zuckerberg, Difficult Choices, Way

Your success is no longer about your ability to do what you are told, and do it well.

Ability, Wells

It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle.

Mediocrity, Settling, Status Quo

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

Art changes posture and posture changes innocent bystanders.

Art, Bystanders, Innocent

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.74, Penguin

If you have no wish, how can it possibly come true?

Passion, Wish, Ifs

There's no map for being an artist.

Artist, Maps, Being An Artist

In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre.

Desire, Mediocrity, Invisible

We're going to spend our entire future living in tomorrow-investing now, when it's difficult, is the single best moment.

Investing, Tomorrow, Moments

I think "creativity" is better described as failing repeatedly until you get something right.

Creativity, Thinking, Failing

There's no correlation between how good your idea is and how likely your organization will be to embrace it.

Acceptance, Organization, Ideas

Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.

Stuff, Quitting, Winner

Seth Godin (2007). “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, p.9, Penguin

Go do something interesting. Ask if you need help.

Interesting, Needs, Helping

Dreams are difficult to build and easy to destroy.

Dream, Easy, Difficult

Seth Godin (2012). “Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.380, Penguin

Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.

Successful, Effort, Shortcuts

Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.

Perseverance, Fear, Failure

Build it, and they will come" only works in the movies. Social Media is a "build it, nurture it, engage them, and they may come and stay.

Media, Marketing, May

You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don't spring up overnight... Every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.

Motivational, Spring, Winning

The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.

Leadership, Trying, Cost

Why waste a sentence saying nothing?

Successful, Inspire, Marketing

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