Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
SETH GODINThe 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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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If I fail more than you do, I win.
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Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.
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People talking about you is far more effective than talking about yourself.
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The only way to get what you’re worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.
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Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
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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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Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.
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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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Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It’s the other way around.
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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.
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People who make a difference never wait for just the right time. They know that it will never arrive.
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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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Teamwork’ is the word that bosses use when they actually mean ‘Do what I say’
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Denigrating art you don’t understand doesn’t hurt the art – it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they’ve got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.
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