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.
SETH GODINThere’s nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
SETH GODINThe 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.
SETH GODINFigure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.
SETH GODINDon’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
SETH GODINArt is the act of navigating without a map.
SETH GODINSelling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don’t.
SETH GODINDon’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
SETH GODINIf you try to delight the undelightable, you’ve made yourself miserable for no reason.
SETH GODINSoon is not as good as now.
SETH GODINNot adding value is the same as taking it away.
SETH GODINIf you wait until there is another case study in your industry, you will be too late!
SETH GODINThe problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.
SETH GODINYou can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it’s getting raised regardless.
SETH GODINBefore you tell yourself you have no right to invent this or improve that, remind yourself that the person before you had no right either, but did it anyway.
SETH GODINArt 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.
SETH GODINBeing aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
SETH GODIN