If you believe that a given situation should make you unhappy, then it will, and the unhappiness will then reinforce the condition. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The essential thing to know about the Dip is that it’s there. Knowing that you’re facing a Dip is the first step… — Seth Godin Customer Copy Share Image
The only reason to buy a paper book any longer is to own it and cherish it and remember it and tell… — Seth Godin Book Copy Share Image
“Tiffany’s blue box is a slogan without words. It stands for elegance and packaging and quality and “price is no object.” — Seth Godin Beauty Copy Share Image
A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stores and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer's decision to choose one… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The rules are now clear: no one is going to inform you, but it's easier than ever to inform yourself. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you don't require the journey to be easy or comfortable or safe, you can change the world — Seth Godin Change Copy Share Image
We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands… — Seth Godin Business Copy Share Image
If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our… — Seth Godin Effort Copy Share Image
“We’ve been trained to believe that mediocre obedience is a genetic fact for most of the population, but it’s interesting to note… — Seth Godin Education Copy Share Image
School is at its best when it gives students the expectation that they will not only dream big, but dream dreams that… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It's impossible to have a coin with only one side. You can't have heads without tails. Innovation is like that. Initiative is… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
Fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
What marketers used to do is make average products for average people. That's what mass marketing is. They would ignore the geeks,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world. — Seth Godin Authentic Copy Share Image
“If your agenda is set by someone else and it doesn’t lead you where you want to go, why is it your… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you don't like your definition of 'good enough', then feel free to change that, but the goal before shipping is merely… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
All good ideas are terrible... Until people realize they are obvious. If you're not willing to live through the terrible stage, you'll… — Seth Godin Good ideas Copy Share Image
Little changes cost you. Big changes benefit you by changing the game, but only if you go first. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“strategy is empty without change, empty without passion, and empty without people willing to confront the void.” — Seth Godin Change Copy Share Image
The goal has never been to always succeed. The goal is to be allowed to keep initiating. — Seth Godin Goal Copy Share Image
The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Faith in yourself, in your friends, in your colleagues and most of all, faith in your ability to impact our future is… — Seth Godin Ability Copy Share Image
The sooner we realize that the world has changed, the sooner we can accept it and make something of what we've got.… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist. — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last… — Seth Godin Book Copy Share Image
If you're short on passion, it might be because your # goals are too small or the # fear ... — Seth Godin Fear Copy Share Image
Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, we're so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing.” — Seth Godin Amazing Copy Share Image
More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation. — Seth Godin Entrepreneur Copy Share Image
You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless. — 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
For most modern marketers, quantity isn't the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Every time you find yourself following the manual instead of writing the manual, you’re avoiding the anguish and giving in to the… — Seth Godin Time Copy Share Image
You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art. — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
“Just about everything you learned in school about life is wrong, but the wrongest thing might very well be this: Being well… — Seth Godin Life Copy Share Image
Bullhorns are overrated: having ten times as many Twitter followers generates approximately zero times as much value. — Seth Godin Followers Copy Share Image