Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.
SETH GODINBuild it, and they will come” only works in the movies. Social Media is a “build it, nurture it, engage them, and they may come and stay.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.
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Are you copying others? People won’t pay extra for that. You won’t be followed for that.
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Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
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Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.
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Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
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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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Who 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.
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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.
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Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
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Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.
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At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you’ll never begin.
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Do your art. But don’t wreck your art if it doesn’t lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
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Art is a personal act of courage.
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One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you’re in the room… Another is to be the sort of person who is missed when you’re not. The first involves making noise. The second involves making a difference.
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