If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we’re going to do important work
SETH GODINIf we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we’re going to do important work
SETH GODINYou are not your resume, you are your work.
SETH GODINThe Cul-de-Sac ( French for “dead end” ) … is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes
SETH GODINSeek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.
SETH GODINPlease stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
SETH GODINIn a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he’s tired. Everyone is. That’s not the point. The point is to run.
SETH GODINIf you can raise money, you’re never going to have trouble getting a job.
SETH GODINA tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.
SETH GODINIf you want to be a leader, go lead
SETH GODINYour drudgery is another person’s delight. It’s only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.
SETH GODINThe tiny cost of failure…is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.
SETH GODINMake enough mole hills, and eventually you will build a mountain.
SETH GODINInstead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.
SETH GODINLeaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
SETH GODINFitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.
SETH GODINArt isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.
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