In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he’s tired. Everyone is. That’s not the point. The point is to run.
SETH GODINAt 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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
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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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I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.
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Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
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Ideas that spread win.
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Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
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Just because something is easy to measure doesn’t mean it’s important.
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Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat. You will change.
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Facts are irrelevant. What matters is what the consumer believes.
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If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.
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There’s a big difference between not settling and not starting.
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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.
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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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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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Playing safe is very risky.
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