I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.
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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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How was your day?’ is a question that matters a lot more than it seems.
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For most modern marketers, quantity isn’t the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection.
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Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.
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Don’t waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.
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Own your dreams. There is no better way to make them happen.
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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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The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is 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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As long as you want to please everyone, you won’t please anyone.
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Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.
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When you put your ideas in the world, then, and only then, do you know if they’re real.
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Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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Too often, the person who wrecks our work is us.
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As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.
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Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.
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