Seth Godin Quotes
Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.
Nothing about becoming indispensable is easy. If it's easy, it's already been done and it's no longer valuable.
Studying entrepreneurshi p without doing it... is like studying the appreciation of music without listening to it.
More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation.
No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.
Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.
The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.
I think if you're remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn't have a resume at all.
After you produce you can select. you can curate. you can censor. But for now, have bad ideas, lots and lots of bad ideas.
If there isn't a good reason, go home. If there is, then do something ... loud, now, and memorable.
Bullhorns are overrated: having ten times as many Twitter followers generates approximately zero times as much value.
Marketing is the way your people answer the phone, the typesetting on your bills and your return policy.
Most of the time, creative entrepreneurs lose interest long before their marketing message loses its power.
Perhaps marketing is about to transition to a new kind of profession, one that requires insight, dedication and smarts.
No, everything is not going to be okay. It never is. It isn't okay now. Change, by definition, changes things
Low price is a great way to sell a commodity. That's not marketing though, that's efficiency.
But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.
I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.
The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity.
If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.
If you're a marketer who doesn't know how to invent, design, influence, adapt, and ultimately discard products, then you're no longer a marketer. You're deadwood.
Little changes cost you. Big changes benefit you by changing the game, but only if you go first.
The second person to write a story about a young boy and an escaped slave on the Mississippi wasn't a novelist, he was a typist.
One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that.
The rules are now clear: no one is going to inform you, but it's easier than ever to inform yourself.
Your positions on EVERYTHING are based on the story you tell yourself and not some universal fact from the universal fact database.
If it's work, we try to figure out how to do less, If it's art, we try to figure out how to do more
The good news is that more than ever, value accrues to those that show up, those that make a difference, those that do work that matters.
The application process changes the list of who applies. Your applicants reflect your methods.