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Time Quotes by Seth Godin

86 Time quotes by Seth Godin

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A reminder to forgive yourself for not being the richest or the thinnest sets a kinder tone. He warns that waiting for a case study means you’re already late, and he urges you to focus on real impact instead of catchy slogans. He also says the future arrives every day, so people must choose to invent it or cling to the status quo.

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Choose your customers, choose your future.

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The future of marketing is leadership

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You don't need more time in your day. You need to decide.

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Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.

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Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.

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“The future of your organization depends on motivated human beings selflessly contributing unasked-for gifts of emotional labor.”

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

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The future isn't so much about absorbing or tolerating change, it's about making change.

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A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.

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Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.

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

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I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version…

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If you're not willing to face the abyss of choice, you will almost certainly not spend enough time dancing with opportunity.

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“If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either. Part of leadership (a big part of it, actually) is…

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Two different things: A crowd is a tribe without a leader. A crowd is a tribe without communication. Most organizations spend their…

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If a product's future is unlikely to be remarkable - if you can't imagine a future in which people are once again…

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“Quitting the projects that don’t go anywhere is essential if you want to stick out the right ones. You don’t have the…

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The thing is, the future happens. Every single day, like it or not. Sure, tomorrow is risky, frightening and in some way…

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“This is not a book for the wild-haired crazies your company keeps in a corner. It is a book for you, your…

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One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find…

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The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build…

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“It's not time," "Take it easy," "Wait and see," "It's someone else's turn" - none of these stalls are appropriate for a…

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“Consumers with otaku are the sneezers you seek. They’re the ones who will take the time to learn about your product, take…

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The brand of the future...is patient, consistent, connected, and trusted. The new brand is based on the truth that only comes from…

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Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being…

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And in a world where we have too many choices and too little time, the obvious thing to do is just ignore…

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Sooner or later, the ones who told you that this isn't the way it's done, the ones who found time to sneer,…

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Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time…

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“Teaching Fire a Lesson Fire is hot. That's what it does. If you get burned by fire, you can be annoyed at…

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

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Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.

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The secret of getting on the shortlist is doing your best work fearlessly for a long time before you get on the…

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It always feels too soon to leap. But you have to. Because that's the moment between you and remarkable.

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I think that any time reality doesn't match your expectations, it means that marketing was involved.

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One way to sell a consumer something in the future is simply to get his or her permission in advance.

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You can't fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience.

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Transformation al leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead.

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“With limited time or opportunity to experiment, we intentionally narrow our choices to those at the top. You’re”

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More time [to decide] without more information just creates anxiety, not insight.

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If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?

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“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…

Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most…

The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.

Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.

Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing.

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…

I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third…

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

The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.

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…

Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better…

“Life is actually far better than it is in the movies. And it takes longer.”

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…

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

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…