Seth Godin Quotes

“The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.
People will follow.”

“Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.”

“People don't believe what you tell them.
They rarely believe what you show them.
They often believe what their friends tell them.
They always believe what they tell themselves.”

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.”

“At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.”

“Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.”

“Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.”

“Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.”

“The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.”

“I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.”

“An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.”

“If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.”

“How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?”

“Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.”

“Soon is not as good as now.”

“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth.   Not going all the way, and not starting.”   Siddhrtha Gautama”

“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.”

“Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.”

“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.”

“Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.”

“How was your day? If your answer was "fine," then I don't think you were leading.”

“Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.”

“The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.”

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.”

“If failure is not an option, then neither is success.”

“Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.”

“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.”

“Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.”

“Winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt”

“4: Stories let us lie to ourselves. And those lies satisfy our desires.”

“Bullet points are not the point.”

“If you can’t fail, it doesn’t count.”

“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.”

“The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.”