black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

You are not your resume, you are your work.

Seth Godin

Do your art. But don’t wreck your art if it doesn’t lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
SETH GODIN

Art Tragedy Wrecks
The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact – sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.
SETH GODIN

Ability Art Book Dot Teacher
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
The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.
SETH GODIN

Becoming Firsts Ordinary
Before you tell yourself you have no right to invent this or improve that, remind yourself that the person before you had no right either, but did it anyway.
SETH GODIN

Anyway Persons Yourself
The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.
SETH GODIN

Average Settling Winning
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.
SETH GODIN

Elevator Purpose Solution Want
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.
SETH GODIN

Criticism Honor Ruins
We fail when we give up too soon.
SETH GODIN

Failing Giving Giving Up
Soon is not as good as now.
SETH GODIN

Good Management Now Soon Time
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
SETH GODIN

Generosity Humor Perfection
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.
SETH GODIN

Giving Opportunity Permission Someone Waiting
The goal of a marketing interaction isn’t to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
SETH GODIN

Goal Moving Opportunity
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.
SETH GODIN

Differences Making Miss Room Struggle
More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.
SETH GODIN

Citizens Thinking Watches
Just because the tide is out, doesn’t mean there is less water in the ocean.
SETH GODIN

Clever Wisdom Wise

You are not your resume, you are your work.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

You are not your resume, you are your work.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Seth Godin Quotes