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.
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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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
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The less people know, the more they yell.
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Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.
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Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.
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The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we’ll ever get paid back appropriately.
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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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We fail when we give up too soon.
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There’s a big difference between not settling and not starting.
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Perfect can’t possibly be the goal, we’re left with generous, important and human instead.
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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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Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work.
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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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Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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