Seth Godin Quotes

No organization ever created an innovation. People innovate, not companies.

Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can't see it

Just imagine how much you'd get done if you stopped actively sabotaging your own work.

Learning is not watching a video, learning is taking action and seeing what happens.

Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.

You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist.

Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.

The edge is a great place to be. Inside the box is too dark. Outside the box, there's no leverage. But on the edge of the box, you can get things done!

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

I see things differently when I'm focused on opening doors for other people, and more often than not, my doors are opened as well.

Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.

Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.

Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.

People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.

The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist.

One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.

Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.

A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.

The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.

Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.

People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!

Don't measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. If you're not prepared to change your diet or your workouts, don't get on the scale.

The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.

When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.

Genius is the act of solving a problem in a way no one has solved it before.

If I fail more than you do, I win.

Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.

The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.

We fail when we give up too soon.

Effort is its own reward if you allow it to be.

If failure is not an option, neither is success. Innovation is just repeated failure till you come up with something that works.

Whining isn't a scalable solution.

Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.

Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.

The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.

Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.

Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.

Positive thinking is hard. Worth it, though.

The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.

There's nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.

It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.

Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.

People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.

The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.

Communication is the transfer of emotion.

In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre.

Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value.

If you don't require the journey to be easy or comfortable or safe, you can change the world.

The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and your soul.

Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.