--- title: "6 Bars Quotes By Seth Godin" description: "6 Bars quotes by Seth Godin. Plus more from Seth Godin and more Bars sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/seth-godin-152_bars_i-don-t-think-we-have-any-choice-i-think_791913.png" --- > [I don't think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/i-don-t-think-we-have-any-choice-i-think-we-have-an-obligation-to/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/seth-godin-152_bars_i-don-t-think-we-have-any-choice-i-think_791913.png) > [Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/your-peer-group-are-people-with-similar-dreams-goals-and-worldviews/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/seth-godin-152_bars_your-peer-group-are-people-with-similar_1958673.jpg) > [You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/you-can-raise-the-bar-or-you-can-wait-for-others-to-raise-it-but-it-s/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/seth-godin-152_bars_you-can-raise-the-bar-or-you-can-wait-fo_1972751.png) > [The weird set an example for the rest of us. They raise the bar. They show us through their actions that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-weird-set-an-example-for-the-rest-of-us-they-raise-the-bar-they/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/seth-godin-152_action_the-weird-set-an-example-for-the-rest-of_2195390.jpg) > [Sometimes, we're so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing. After all, the thinking goes, if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/sometimes-we-re-so-focused-on-being-consistent-that-we-also-lower-the-2/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/seth-godin-152_ability_sometimes-we-re-so-focused-on-being-cons_2731077.png) > [“If you set your bar at ‘amazing’ it’s awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn’t going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/if-you-set-your-bar-at-amazing-it-s-awfully-difficult-to-start-your/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/seth-godin-152_bars_if-you-set-your-bar-at-amazing-it-s-awfu_3114321.jpg) ## Other authors on Bars ## More by Seth Godin > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/you-weren-t-born-to-be-a-cog-in-the-giant-industrial-machine-you-were/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/forgive-yourself-for-not-being-the-richest-the-thinnest-the-tallest/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-easier-it-is-to-quantify-the-less-it-s-worth/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/developing-expertise-or-assets-that-are-not-easily-copied-is/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/leadership-is-a-choice-it-s-the-choice-not-to-do-nothing/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-next-thing-you-do-today-will-be-the-most-important-thing-on-your/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/i-look-at-starbucks-howard-schultz-has-made-many-brilliant-decisions/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/be-relentlessly-generous-without-focusing-on-when-it-will-come-back/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-public-square-is-more-public-than-ever-but-minds-are-rarely/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/making-an-average-pitch-to-average-people-or-having-an-average-gala/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/our-job-is-to-make-change-our-job-is-to-connect-to-people-to-interact/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [“Life is actually far better than it is in the movies. And it takes longer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/life-is-actually-far-better-than-it-is-in-the-movies-and-it-takes/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/i-don-t-think-there-s-a-shortage-of-remarkable-ideas-i-think-your/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-mirror-we-hold-up-to-the-person-next-to-us-is-one-of-the-most/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/if-you-re-a-marketer-who-doesn-t-know-how-to-invent-design-influence/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bars/seth-godin/#itemlist", "name": "6 Bars Quotes By Seth Godin", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think we have any choice. 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