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.
SETH GODINNot changing your strategy merely because you’re used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Good enough’ stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?
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Just about anything worth doing is worth doing better.
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How was your day?’ is a question that matters a lot more than it seems.
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Just as we don’t spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.
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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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We fail when we give up too soon.
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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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Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.
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So sure, start with a slogan. But don’t bother wasting any time on it if you’re merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
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Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
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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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As soon as we associate reading with a test, we’ve missed the point.
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There’s nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
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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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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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