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Just as we don’t spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.

Seth Godin

We fail when we give up too soon.
SETH GODIN

Failing Giving Giving Up
Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.
SETH GODIN

Long Positivity Strategy
The 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 GODIN

Better Done Offense Problem Tables
In a race, sooner or later there’s a moment that separates the winner from those who don’t win. That instant is your chance, the moment you’ve been waiting for.
SETH GODIN

Motivational Sports Winning
Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.
SETH GODIN

Differentiation Impact Noise
Who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle.
SETH GODIN

Circles Dream Outcomes
Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
SETH GODIN

Business Customer Loyal Motivational
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.
SETH GODIN

Life Lunch Work
If you can raise money, you’re never going to have trouble getting a job.
SETH GODIN

Jobs Raises Trouble
People get good gigs because they stand up….You don’t get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
SETH GODIN

Business Gigs Mind Own People
Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
SETH GODIN

Asking Change Forgiveness Permission
Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it’s not just a record, it’s a movement.
SETH GODIN

Music Powerful Record
Just because the tide is out, doesn’t mean there is less water in the ocean.
SETH GODIN

Clever Wisdom Wise
The key to success is to find a way to stand out–to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.
SETH GODIN

Cows Keys Purple
If I fail more than you do, I win.
SETH GODIN

Failing More Winning
An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.
SETH GODIN

Art Business Creativity

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