Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You can't fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art...is the intentional act of using your humanity to create a change in another person...Passion is caring enough about your art that… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them.… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
In fact, most of the time, people with similar information, similar beliefs and similar apparent choices will choose similar actions. So if… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You know, if I look at an auditorium full of high school students and the big man on campus and his girlfriend… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you’re just a middleman. “ “Don’t try to be the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Insulate yourself... from anonymous angry people Expose yourself to art you don't yet understand Precisely measure the results that are important to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You have to pay the price to be in the right place at the right time often enough that people tend to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The people that are doing work that matters aren't doing work thats popular. They're just doing work that changes some people. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
What people want is the extra, the emotional bonus they get when they buy something they love. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on a mission — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I see things differently when I'm focused on opening doors for other people, and more often than not, my doors are opened… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even). — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“You weren't born to be a cog in the giant industrial machine. You were trained to become a cog. There's an alternative available to… — Seth Godin Copy Share
Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most… — Seth Godin Copy Share
Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman. — Seth Godin Copy Share
The next thing you do today will be the most important thing on your agenda, because, after all, you're doing it next. Well, perhaps… — Seth Godin Copy Share
I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third… — Seth Godin Copy Share
The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies. — Seth Godin Copy Share
Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got to find… — Seth Godin Copy Share
Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better… — Seth Godin Copy Share
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… — Seth Godin Copy Share
The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see. — Seth Godin Copy Share
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… — Seth Godin Copy Share
