No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it’s true. On the other hand, it’s only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.
SETH GODINWe’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Why waste a sentence saying nothing?
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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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I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.
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For most modern marketers, quantity isn’t the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection.
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Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.
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Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.
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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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In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he’s tired. Everyone is. That’s not the point. The point is to run.
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Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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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.
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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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So sure, start with a slogan. But don’t bother wasting any time on it if you’re merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
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Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
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We know what you want to accomplish… The real question is, ‘what are you willing to push through the dip for?’ What are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to and generally be unreasonable about? Because that’s what’s going to actually get done.
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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.
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