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.
SETH GODINAnyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.
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The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.
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Don’t create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
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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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One bad review doesn’t ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.
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You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it’s getting raised regardless.
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One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you’re in the room… Another is to be the sort of person who is missed when you’re not. The first involves making noise. The second involves making a difference.
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How was your day?’ is a question that matters a lot more than it seems.
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Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
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Make a decision. It doesn’t have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.
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The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.
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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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Teamwork’ is the word that bosses use when they actually mean ‘Do what I say’
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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.
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A book is a souvenir of an idea.
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