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.
SETH GODINGo 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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.
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Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.
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You are not your resume, you are your work.
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Art is a personal act of courage.
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You don’t make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
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Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
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Positive thinking doesn’t guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
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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 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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You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.
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As you’ve probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.
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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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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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The tiny cost of failure…is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.
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