You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
SETH GODINAs soon as we associate reading with a test, we’ve missed the point.
More Seth Godin Quotes
-
-
How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?
SETH GODIN -
Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.
SETH GODIN -
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 -
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 -
Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.
SETH GODIN -
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.
SETH GODIN -
You are not your resume, you are your work.
SETH GODIN -
Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.
SETH GODIN -
If failure is not an option, then neither is success.
SETH GODIN -
When you put your ideas in the world, then, and only then, do you know if they’re real.
SETH GODIN -
Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
SETH GODIN -
Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.
SETH GODIN -
I don’t think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to play a different game, and to play it better than anyone has any right to believe is possible.
SETH GODIN -
The 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 GODIN -
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.
SETH GODIN