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The enemy of creativity… is fear. We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.

Seth Godin

Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn’t work.
SETH GODIN

Clever Marketing People
The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.
SETH GODIN

Competition Requirements Way
Teamwork’ is the word that bosses use when they actually mean ‘Do what I say’
SETH GODIN

Leadership Mean Teamwork
Just as we don’t spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.
SETH GODIN

Blogger Funny Thoughtful Worry
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.
SETH GODIN

Accomplish Done Question Real Stand Want
The goal of a marketing interaction isn’t to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
SETH GODIN

Goal Moving Opportunity
No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it’s true. On the other hand, it’s only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.
SETH GODIN

Bird Hands People
Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it’s not just a record, it’s a movement.
SETH GODIN

Music Powerful Record
An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.
SETH GODIN

Art Business Creativity
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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Different Experiences Goal Shoes
Make more decisions. That’s the only way to get better at it.
SETH GODIN

Better Decision Get Way
Are you copying others? People won’t pay extra for that. You won’t be followed for that.
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Copying Pay People
Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
SETH GODIN

Business Inspirational Opportunity
Just because the tide is out, doesn’t mean there is less water in the ocean.
SETH GODIN

Clever Wisdom Wise
Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
SETH GODIN

Business Customer Loyal Motivational
Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.
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Decision Mistakes Sweat

The enemy of creativity… is fear. We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.

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The enemy of creativity… is fear. We’re all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an enemy of fear is creativity. Acting in a creative way generates action, and action persuades the fear to lighten up.

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