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 GODINMarketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Facts are irrelevant. What matters is what the consumer believes.
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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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Positive thinking doesn’t guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
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So sure, start with a slogan. But don’t bother wasting any time on it if you’re merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
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The problem with taking offense is that it’s really hard to figure out what to do with it after you’re done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.
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People get good gigs because they stand up….You don’t get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
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Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.
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You don’t make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
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Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn’t work.
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Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it’s not a plan. It’s a version of waiting and hoping.
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Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.
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People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.
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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.
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Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
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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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