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Seth Godin Quotes - Page 29

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Don't scale because you think there's a pot of gold over that rainbow. Scale because you're ready and eager to do heroic work, every day, forever.

Don't scale because you think there's a pot of gold over that rainbow. Scale because you're ready and eager to do heroic work, every day, forever.

Thinking, Rainbow, Forever

Catering to the passionate is exactly what you should do.

Passionate, Should, Catering

You can define advertising as the science of creating and placing media that interrupts the consumer and then gets him or her to take some action.

Technology, Media, Creating

Seth Godin (2012). “Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened.

Understanding, Important, Instant Replay

The enemy of creativity is fear.

Creativity, Enemy

FaceBook post by Seth Godin from Feb 13, 2015

Way more productive, I think, to push yourself to be more in the world, not to encourage yourself to hide.

Thinking, World, Way

We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate.

Promise, World, Environment

Sharing an idea you care about is a generous way to change your world for the better.

Ideas, World, Care

When you walk around braced for impact, you're dramatically decreasing your chances. Your chances to avoid the outcome you fear, your chances to make a difference, and your chances to breathe and connect.

Impact, Differences, Making A Difference

What is school for? If you're not asking that, you're wasting time and money.

School, Asking, Wasting Time

Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, "You're not going where I need to go, and there's no way I'm going to persuade all of you to follow me. So rather than standing here watching the opportunities fade away, I'm heading off. I'm betting some of you, the best of you, will follow me.

Opportunity, Thinking, Needs

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.110, Penguin

It's human nature to quit when it hurts. But it's that reflex that creates scarcity.

Hurt, Scarcity, Quitting

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

If you can influence the outcome, do the work. If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction.

Outcomes, Influence, Distraction

All great programmers learn the same way. They poke the box. They code something and see what the computer does. They change it and see what the computer does. They repeat the process again and again until they figure out how the box works.

Doe, Way, Computer

Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.11, Penguin

Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.

Artist, People, Connections

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.11, Penguin

If you demand that everything that happens be something you are adequately prepared for, I wonder if you’ve chosen never to leap in ways that we need you to leap. Once we embrace this chasm, then for the things for which we can never be prepared, we are of course, always prepared.

Needs, Demand, Way

...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

Motivational, Art, Business

The thing is, the future happens. Every single day, like it or not. Sure, tomorrow is risky, frightening and in some way represents one step closer to the end. But it also brings with it the possibility of better and the chance to do something that matters.

Matter, Way, Steps

Care. Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.

Guy, Needs, Care

Seth Godin (2013). “Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.104, Penguin UK

Treat different people differently. Anything else is a compromise.

People, Different, Compromise

"All the same". sethgodin.typepad.com. April 18, 2014.

The opposite of coherent is interesting.

Opposites, Interesting

Seth Godin (2012). “The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?”, p.19, Penguin

Organizations grow when they persuade a tiny cadre to be passionate, not when they touch millions with a mediocre message

Organization, Passionate, Tiny

I think if you're remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn't have a resume at all.

Thinking, Resumes, Remarkable

"Why bother having a resume?" by Seth Godin, sethgodin.typepad.com. March 17, 2008.

By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

Art, Oil, Definitions

It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.

Real, Winning, People

Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.18, Penguin

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