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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More Seth Godin Quotes
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How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?
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Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don’t.
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For most modern marketers, quantity isn’t the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection.
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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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You don’t need more time in your day. You need to decide.
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Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it’s not a plan. It’s a version of waiting and hoping.
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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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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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Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn’t work.
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The person who fails the most wins.
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Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.
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Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
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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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People get good gigs because they stand up….You don’t get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
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