The best way to be missed when you’re gone is to stand for something when you’re here.
SETH GODINYou are not your resume, you are your work.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Make more decisions. That’s the only way to get better at it.
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If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.
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Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.
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Being 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.
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We fail when we give up too soon.
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How was your day?’ is a question that matters a lot more than it seems.
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No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it’s true. On the other hand, it’s only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.
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Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
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Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that’s creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.
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Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don’t lead to happiness.
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Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.
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Your drudgery is another person’s delight. It’s only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.
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The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.
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The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact – sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.
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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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Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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As long as you want to please everyone, you won’t please anyone.
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So sure, start with a slogan. But don’t bother wasting any time on it if you’re merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
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Go 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.
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Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it’s not just a record, it’s a movement.
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Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.
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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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Denigrating art you don’t understand doesn’t hurt the art – it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.
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You can be right or you can have empathy. You can’t do both.
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