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Just 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 Godin

Don’t create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
SETH GODIN

Kind Mass People
If failure is not an option, then neither is success.
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Failure Option Success
Denigrating art you don’t understand doesn’t hurt the art – it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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Art Hurt Learn Willingness
An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.
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Art Business Creativity
Make a decision. It doesn’t have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.
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Business One Perfect Wise
The goal of a marketing interaction isn’t to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
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Goal Moving Opportunity
One bad review doesn’t ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.
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Criticism Honor Ruins
If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we’re going to do important work
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Creating Value Falling Love People
Anticipated, personal, and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.
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Junk Marketing Unsolicited
Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.
SETH GODIN

Brave Needs People
The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.
SETH GODIN

Becoming Firsts Ordinary
Rehearsing failure is simply a bad habit, not a productive use of your time. When you choose to visualize the path that works, you’re more likely to shore it up and create an environment where it can take place.
SETH GODIN

Environment Path Use
The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on a mission
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Organization People Smart
Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don’t.
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Marketing Motivation People
The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they’ve got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.
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Believe Risk Want
As long as you want to please everyone, you won’t please anyone.
SETH GODIN

Long Please Want

Just 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.

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Just 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.

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