Seth Godin Quotes

Many Things That Are True Are True Because You Believe Them.

The best creative solutions don't come from finding good answers to the questions that are presented... They come from inventing new questions!

Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.

'How was your day?' is a question that matters a lot more than it seems.

Plans are great, but missions are better.

Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.

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.

Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.

Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.

Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.

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.

The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest.

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.

Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don't lead to happiness.

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.

The person who fails the most wins.

When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?

Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see.

Don't try to be the 'next'. Instead, try to be the other, the changer, the new.

Say what you believe and see who follows.

If you can't make money from attention, you should do something else for a living.

Successful people fail often, and, worth noting, learn more from that failure than everyone else.

If you hesitate to map out your future, to make a big plan or to set a goal, you've just gone ahead and mapped your future anyway.

Becoming a superstar takes about 10,000 hours of hard work.

We notice what we choose to notice.

I don't think there's a shortage of remarkable ideas. I think your business has plenty of great opportunities to do great things. Nope, what's missing isn't the ideas. It's the will to execute them.

It's almost impossible to have fun playing ping pong with someone who doesn't care, won't try or isn't any good.

You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.

No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.

Taking delight in the journey takes confidence. It pushes the envelope of design.

If you're not upsetting anyone, you're not changing the status quo.

Your history of work is as important as the work you'll do tomorrow.

Everyone has a comfort zone. Worth considering: How hard (and how often) are you willing to work to get out of it? You can turn that into a habit if you choose.

By being remarkable, being genuine, you can be worth connecting with. And you don't have to have it figured out perfectly the first time - you can adjust.

All good ideas are terrible... Until people realize they are obvious. If you're not willing to live through the terrible stage, you'll never get to the obvious part.

You can't lose. Go, go, go!

The value we create is directly related to how much valuable information we can produce, how much trust we can earn, and how often we innovate.

Leading is a skill, not a gift. You're not born with it, you learn how.

Who gets to decide what you want?

Be genuine. Be remarkable. Be worth connecting with.

The goal is to be on the hook, not to let someone else do the scary parts.

Data is not useful until it becomes information.

Surprise and delight and connection are remarkable.

Play a new game, not the older game but faster.

Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.

Shame must be accepted to be effective.

Popular is not the same important, or often, not the same as good.

If you're remarkable it's likely that some people won't like you.