At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you’ll never begin.
SETH GODINNo 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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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There’s a big difference between not settling and not starting.
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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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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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You don’t make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
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Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
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Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
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Perfect can’t possibly be the goal, we’re left with generous, important and human instead.
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The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you’re with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over.
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If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.
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Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.
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Ideas that spread win.
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If I fail more than you do, I win.
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You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
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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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