Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
SETH GODINThe art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact – sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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As soon as we associate reading with a test, we’ve missed the point.
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As long as you want to please everyone, you won’t please anyone.
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At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you’ll never begin.
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Teamwork’ is the word that bosses use when they actually mean ‘Do what I say’
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Not adding value is the same as taking it away.
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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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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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You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.
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Make a decision. It doesn’t have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.
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Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.
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Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.
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Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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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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Denigrating art you don’t understand doesn’t hurt the art – it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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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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