Art is a personal act of courage.
SETH GODINDo your art. But don’t wreck your art if it doesn’t lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Making promises and keeping them is a great way to build a brand.
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Build it, and they will come” only works in the movies. Social Media is a “build it, nurture it, engage them, and they may come and stay.
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The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we’ll ever get paid back appropriately.
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Empathy requires something extremely difficult: accepting the fact that we are not and never will be in the other person’s shoes. There’s no rational, universal course because individuals have different goals, different worldviews and different experiences.
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Are you copying others? People won’t pay extra for that. You won’t be followed for that.
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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 job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.
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Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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The best way to be missed when you’re gone is to stand for something when you’re here.
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Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.
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Your 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.
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Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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Too often, the person who wrecks our work is us.
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As long as you want to please everyone, you won’t please anyone.
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Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it’s not just a record, it’s a movement.
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