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Seth Godin Quotes - Page 15

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By definition, remarkable things get remarked upon

By definition, remarkable things get remarked upon

Marketing, Definitions, Advertising

Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn.

Art, Hurt, Willingness To Learn

There's no shortage of great ideas. There's a shortage of execution.

Ideas, Execution, Great Idea

Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.

Passion, Mean, People

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.82, Penguin

If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.

Journey, Talking, People

Seth Godin (2011). “Tribes: We need you to lead us”, p.82, Hachette UK

The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.

Creativity, Successful, People

Excellence isn’t about working extra hard to do what you’re told. It’s about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.

Excellence, Initiative, Extras

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

Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.

People, Boss, Safe

"SETH GODIN: 'Everything That Michael Dell Did, Do the Opposite'". Interview with Max Nisen, www.businessinsider.com. March 6, 2013.

The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.

Emotional, Organization, People

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.28, Penguin

Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.

Leader, Followers, Employee

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.14, Penguin

Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.

Hard Work, Long, Generosity

Go ahead and make something for the elites. Not the elites of class or wealth, but the elites of curiosity, passion and taste. Every great thing ever created was created by and for this group.

Passion, Class, Curiosity

If failure is not an option, neither is success. Innovation is just repeated failure till you come up with something that works.

Inspiring, Moving, Heart

Are you copying others? People won't pay extra for that. You won't be followed for that.

People, Copying, Pay

'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?

Long, Why Not, Mediocrity

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.31, Penguin

You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.

Life, Motivational, Art

Seth Godin (2012). “The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?”, p.127, Penguin

Facts are irrelevant. What matters is what the consumer believes.

Believe, What Matters, Facts

Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach itself and to go further and faster than any generation ever has.

Jobs, Learning, Light

Go ahead, do something impossible.

Greatness, Impossible

The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.

Fun, Successful, Giving

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? How to drive your career and create a remarkable future”, p.140, Hachette UK

The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.

Matter, Firsts, Bases

The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over.

Purpose, Want, Elevators

The only reason to build a website is to change someone. If you can't tell me the change and you can't tell me the someone, then you're wasting your time.

Reason, Wasting Your Time, Website

It takes three years to be an overnight success, sometimes more.

Years, Three, Sometimes

Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed.

People, Want, Knows

"Can Ordinary People Become Leaders?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. January 17, 2014.

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