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Seth Godin Quotes - Page 18

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Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.

Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.

Business, Fire, People

Great innovations, powerful interactions and real art are often produced by someone in a state of wonder. Looking around with stars in your eyes and amazement at the tools that are available to you can inspire generosity and creativity and connection

Art, Stars, Powerful

Marketing is a contest for people's attention.

People, Marketing, Attention

Dreamers don't have special genes. They find circumstances that amplify their dreams.

Dream, Special, Amplify

Seth Godin (2012). “Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.407, Penguin

Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle royal, one between the quest for safety and the desire to matter.

Art, Pain, Safety

Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.

Jobs

That's your opportunity - to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.

Unique, Opportunity, Way

Seth Godin (2015). “Poke the Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.38, Penguin UK

Don't try to be the 'next'. Instead, try to be the other, the changer, the new.

Business, Trying, Next

Stop trying to find the formula that will instantly make your idea into a winner. Instead of being scientists, the best marketers are artists. They realize that whatever is being sold is being purchased, because it creates an emotional want, not because it fills a simple need.

Artist, Simple, Emotional

Will you succeed because you are more well-rounded than others? Because you fit in better than everyone else? Bloody unlikely. We succeed when we are trusted to be the best at what we do.

Succeed, Fit, Being The Best

Interview with Bryan Hutchinson, positivewriter.com.

The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.

People, World, Knows

Seth Godin (2007). “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, p.19, Penguin

Art is a personal act of courage.

Art, Acts Of Courage, Art Is

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.77, Penguin

A book is a souvenir of an idea.

Book, Ideas, Souvenirs

Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.

Leader, Tribes, Helping

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.17, Penguin

Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.

Art, Matter, Doe

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.81, Penguin

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.

Favors, Return, Ifs

Interview with Laura Cohen, www.experian.com. October 10, 2011.

Great marketers don't make stuff. They make meaning.

Stuff, Marketers

At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.

Old Things, Needs, Alternatives

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.93, Penguin

The essence of marketing today is to tell a story to people who want to hear it, in a way that resonates with them so they are likely to either respond or connect to you, or tell their friends.

Essence, People, Marketing

The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you.

Mediocrity, Want, Fit

When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?

Jobs, Believe, Entrepreneur

Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.

Believe, People, Way

Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.

Business, Average, Customers

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

The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest.

Internet, Interest, Connecting

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

I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here.

Believe, Choices, Balance

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