Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.
SETH GODINBe relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.
SETH GODINIf you’re not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.
SETH GODINGo 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.
SETH GODINThe only way to get what you’re worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.
SETH GODINYou don’t make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
SETH GODINPlaying safe is very risky.
SETH GODINTwo elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
SETH GODINHow dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?
SETH GODINIf I fail more than you do, I win.
SETH GODINMarketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.
SETH GODINSo much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.
SETH GODINThe best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we’ll ever get paid back appropriately.
SETH GODINThe first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
SETH GODINArt is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
SETH GODINThe big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.
SETH GODINOrganizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.
SETH GODIN