As soon as we associate reading with a test, we’ve missed the point.
SETH GODINBefore 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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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You are not your resume, you are your work.
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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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Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
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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.
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Your drudgery is another person’s delight. It’s only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.
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Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.
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The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it’s allowed is silos of interest.
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Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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Make more decisions. That’s the only way to get better at it.
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If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we’re going to do important work
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Anticipated, personal, and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.
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Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.
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Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
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