Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
SETH GODINPlaying safe is very risky.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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People talking about you is far more effective than talking about yourself.
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The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on a mission
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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.
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Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
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The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.
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Go ahead, do something impossible.
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Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.
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Positive thinking doesn’t guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
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Art is the act of navigating without a map.
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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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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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Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.
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Keep starting until you finish.
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Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
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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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