The person who fails the most wins.
SETH GODINThe person who fails the most wins.
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 GODINThe best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we’ll ever get paid back appropriately.
SETH GODINGo ahead and make something for the elites. Not the elites of class or wealth, but the elites of curiosity, passion and taste. Every great thing ever created was created by and for this group.
SETH GODINThe first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
SETH GODINBeing an artist isn’t a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It’s an attitude we can all adopt. It’s a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you’re an artist.
SETH GODINMany people believe that great designers get great clients. It’s the other way around.
SETH GODINIdeas that spread win.
SETH GODINGood enough’ stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?
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 GODINFor most modern marketers, quantity isn’t the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection.
SETH GODINYou are not your resume, you are your work.
SETH GODINWhen you put your ideas in the world, then, and only then, do you know if they’re real.
SETH GODINOnce you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.
SETH GODINAs our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.
SETH GODINGetting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it’s not a plan. It’s a version of waiting and hoping.
SETH GODIN