Seth Godin Quotes
The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.
The weird set an example for the rest of us. They raise the bar. They show us through their actions that in fact we're wired to do the new, not to comply with someone a thousand miles away.
If you treat your employees like mushrooms (keep them in the dark and regularly throw crap on them), it's entirely likely you will get precisely the work you deserve in return.
Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.
If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.
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.
I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.
If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons.
The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.
The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes
Even good excuses, really good ones, don't help very much. Explanations, on the other hand, are both scarce and useful. And accurate forecasts and insightful intuition are priceless.
You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
Anxiety is practising failure in advance. Anxiety is needless and imaginary. It's fear about fear, fear that means nothing.
If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.
You want it to be hard. If it's hard, then that means others can't do it easily and you can charge for that value.
The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.
Build it, and they will come" only works in the movies. Social Media is a "build it, nurture it, engage them, and they may come and stay.
My problem with the search for the badge of real is that it trades your goals and your happiness for someone else's.
If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of serial failure.
In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.
The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.
You dont need to convince everyone. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you.
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.
For most modern marketers, quantity isn't the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection.
Permission marketing turns strangers into friends and friends into loyal customers. It's not just about entertainment - it's about education. Permission marketing is curriculum marketing.
By all means, fire the customers who aren't worth the time and the trouble. But understand that the moment you insist the customer is wrong, you've just started the firing process.
The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over.