Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.
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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Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.
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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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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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Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.
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No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it’s true. On the other hand, it’s only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.
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Denigrating art you don’t understand doesn’t hurt the art – it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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Positive thinking doesn’t guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
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If I fail more than you do, I win.
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You don’t launch a popular blog, you build one.
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Not adding value is the same as taking it away.
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The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it’s allowed is silos of interest.
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If you can raise money, you’re never going to have trouble getting a job.
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The problem with taking offense is that it’s really hard to figure out what to do with it after you’re done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.
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If failure is not an option, then neither is success.
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Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.
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