Before you tell yourself you have no right to invent this or improve that, remind yourself that the person before you had no right either, but did it anyway.
SETH GODINWe 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.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it’s not just a record, it’s a movement.
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Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.
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Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.
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Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.
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Don’t create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
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Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
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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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One bad review doesn’t ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.
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Being an artist isn’t a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It’s an attitude we can all adopt. It’s a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you’re an artist.
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Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.
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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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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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You are not your resume, you are your work.
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Figure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.
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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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