The myth that the CEO is going to discover you and nurture you and ask you to join her for lunch is just that, a Hollywood myth.
SETH GODINMost 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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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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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The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.
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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.
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When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?
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There’s nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
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Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.
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The person who fails the most wins.
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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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More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.
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Learning is not watching a video, learning is taking action and seeing what happens.
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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 dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?
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Ideas that spread win.
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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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Go ahead and make something for the elites. Not the elites of class or wealth, but the elites of curiosity, passion and taste. Every great thing ever created was created by and for this group.
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