In a race, sooner or later there’s a moment that separates the winner from those who don’t win. That instant is your chance, the moment you’ve been waiting for.
SETH GODINSeek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
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If you’re not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.
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Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.
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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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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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The less people know, the more they yell.
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The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
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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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The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we’ll ever get paid back appropriately.
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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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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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Perfect can’t possibly be the goal, we’re left with generous, important and human instead.
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If you can raise money, you’re never going to have trouble getting a job.
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Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that’s creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.
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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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