You don’t win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
SETH GODINRemarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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I don’t think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to play a different game, and to play it better than anyone has any right to believe is possible.
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When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?
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If I fail more than you do, I win.
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Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It’s the other way around.
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Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
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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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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.
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As you’ve probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.
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The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified… and pick yourself.
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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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Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
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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.
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The key to success is to find a way to stand out–to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.
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The essence of marketing today is to tell a story to people who want to hear it, in a way that resonates with them so they are likely to either respond or connect to you, or tell their friends.
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So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.
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