The best way to be missed when you’re gone is to stand for something when you’re here.
SETH GODINWe know what you want to accomplish… The real question is, ‘what are you willing to push through the dip for?’ What are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to and generally be unreasonable about? Because that’s what’s going to actually get done.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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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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A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.
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Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it’s not just a record, it’s a movement.
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The best creative solutions don’t come from finding good answers to the questions that are presented… They come from inventing new questions!
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Facts are irrelevant. What matters is what the consumer believes.
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Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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You don’t need more time in your day. You need to decide.
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Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
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People talking about you is far more effective than talking about yourself.
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Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.
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Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work.
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When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?
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The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.
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Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
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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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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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The only way to get what you’re worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.
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A book is a souvenir of an idea.
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The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.
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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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More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.
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Ideas that spread win.
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The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on a mission
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We know what you want to accomplish… The real question is, ‘what are you willing to push through the dip for?’ What are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to and generally be unreasonable about? Because that’s what’s going to actually get done.
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Don’t waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.
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Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.
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