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Seth Godin Quotes - Page 3

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Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.

Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.

Mistake, Sweat, Decision

Own your dreams. There is no better way to make them happen.

Dream, Way, Happens

Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.

Peace, Jobs, Passion

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.174, Penguin

People are buying only one thing from you: the way the engagement (hiring you, working with you, dating you, using your product or service, learning from you) makes them feel.

People, Dating, Engagement

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

Ordinary, Firsts, Becoming

People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.

Business, People, Entrepreneur

Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.

Differences, Marketing, Making A Difference

Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.

Inspirational, Running, Goal

Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.

Running, Home, Ideas

Communication is the transfer of emotion.

Communication, Emotion, Transfers

Seth Godin (2004). “Free Prize Inside: How to Make a Purple Cow”, p.95, Penguin

Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.

Average, Quitting, Loser

Seth Godin (2007). “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, p.42, Penguin

Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.

Motivational, Winning, Opportunity

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.35, Penguin

Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

Motivational, Leadership, Running

"Stop Stealing Dreams". medium.com. March 6, 2016.

If you don't require the journey to be easy or comfortable or safe, you can change the world.

Journey, World, Safe

"A legacy of Mandela". sethgodin.typepad.com. December 05, 2013.

When we intentionally seek out the difficult tasks, we're much more likely to actually create value.

Tasks, Difficult, Difficult Tasks

It's not an accident that successful people read more books.

Motivational, Success, Reading

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.110, Penguin

The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.

Life, Motivational, Jobs

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.85, Penguin

Successful people fail often, and, worth noting, learn more from that failure than everyone else.

Successful, People, Failing

You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do, and you must.

Art, Marketing, Brilliance

Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.7, Penguin

Not adding value is the same as taking it away.

Adding Value, Values

"The cost of neutral". sethgodin.typepad.com. January 12, 2013.

There's a big difference between not settling and not starting.

Differences, Settling, Starting

You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.

Fear, Failure, Ideas

Seth Godin (2012). “Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.182, Penguin

Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.

Wise, Business, Perfect One

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.

Leadership, Believe, Simple

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.108, Penguin

All motivation is self-motivation. Your family, your boss, or your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide what to accomplish, nothing will happen.

Motivational, Accomplish Nothing, Self

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