If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.
SETH GODINBe relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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If you hear my idea and dont believe it , thats not your fault its mine.
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You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
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As you’ve probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.
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Positive thinking doesn’t guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
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Teamwork’ is the word that bosses use when they actually mean ‘Do what I say’
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Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it’s not just a record, it’s a movement.
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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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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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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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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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The person who fails the most wins.
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Perfect can’t possibly be the goal, we’re left with generous, important and human instead.
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Not adding value is the same as taking it away.
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The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.
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Go ahead, do something impossible.
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You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.
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I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.
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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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The best way to be missed when you’re gone is to stand for something when you’re here.
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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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The tiny cost of failure…is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.
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The myth that the CEO is going to discover you and nurture you and ask you to join her for lunch is just that, a Hollywood myth.
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Just about anything worth doing is worth doing better.
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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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Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.
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Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.
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