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 GODINGo 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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
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Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
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A brand that stands for what all brands stand for stands for nothing much.
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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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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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I don’t think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to play a different game, and to play it better than anyone has any right to believe is possible.
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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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Denigrating art you don’t understand doesn’t hurt the art – it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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Don’t create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
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Empathy requires something extremely difficult: accepting the fact that we are not and never will be in the other person’s shoes. There’s no rational, universal course because individuals have different goals, different worldviews and different experiences.
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Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don’t.
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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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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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Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
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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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