The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact – sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.
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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
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Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.
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Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn’t be done.
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Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don’t.
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Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
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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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People get good gigs because they stand up….You don’t get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
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Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don’t lead to happiness.
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You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it’s getting raised regardless.
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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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The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.
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We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid.
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The enemy of creativity… is fear. We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.
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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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Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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