Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
SETH GODINJust saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
SETH GODINI define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.
SETH GODINFor most modern marketers, quantity isn’t the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection.
SETH GODINAs long as you want to please everyone, you won’t please anyone.
SETH GODINWe know what you want to accomplish… The real question is, ‘what are you willing to push through the dip for?’ What are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to and generally be unreasonable about? Because that’s what’s going to actually get done.
SETH GODINConnect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.
SETH GODINAs creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.
SETH GODINSoon is not as good as now.
SETH GODINMore than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.
SETH GODINWho you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle.
SETH GODINThe 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.
SETH GODINJust as we don’t spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.
SETH GODINEither you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.
SETH GODINYou don’t need more time in your day. You need to decide.
SETH GODINDon’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
SETH GODINThere’s no shortage of great ideas. There’s a shortage of execution.
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