Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
SETH GODINOne 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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.
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As 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.
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If failure is not an option, then neither is success.
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Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
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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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Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.
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Make enough mole hills, and eventually you will build a mountain.
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Set up a life you don’t need to escape from.
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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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Empathy requires something extremely difficult: accepting the fact that we are not and never will be in the other person’s shoes. There’s no rational, universal course because individuals have different goals, different worldviews and different experiences.
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The enemy of creativity… is fear. We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.
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There’s no shortage of great ideas. There’s a shortage of execution.
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Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change.
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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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The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified… and pick yourself.
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