--- title: "7 Careers Quotes By Seth Godin" description: "7 Careers quotes by Seth Godin. Plus more from Seth Godin and more Careers sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/seth-godin-152_bits_every-great-company-brand-career-has-bee_596924.jpg" --- > [Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/every-great-company-brand-career-has-been-built-in-exactly-the-same/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/seth-godin-152_bits_every-great-company-brand-career-has-bee_596924.jpg) > [Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/habits-are-where-our-lives-and-careers-and-bodies-are-made/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/seth-godin-152_bodies_habits-are-where-our-lives-and-careers-a_1038235.png) > [Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/remarkable-visions-and-genuine-insight-are-always-met-with-resistance/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/seth-godin-152_backing-down_remarkable-visions-and-genuine-insight-a_1162017.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 don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/you-don-t-win-an-olympic-gold-medal-with-a-few-weeks-of-intensive-3/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/seth-godin-152_bits_you-don-t-win-an-olympic-gold-medal-with_2621266.jpg) > [Great projects, like great careers and relationships that last, are gardens. They are tended, they shift, they grow. They endure over time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/great-projects-like-great-careers-and-relationships-that-last-are/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/seth-godin-152_careers_great-projects-like-great-careers-and-re_3055634.jpg) > [All the good things in my career are a direct descendant of what I did and learned at # camp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/all-the-good-things-in-my-career-are-a-direct-descendant-of-what-i/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/seth-godin-152_camps_all-the-good-things-in-my-career-are-a-d_3166026.png) ## Other authors on Careers ## 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/careers/seth-godin/#itemlist", "name": "7 Careers Quotes By Seth Godin", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Seth Godin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/every-great-company-brand-career-has-been-built-in-exactly-the-same/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/seth-godin-152_bits_every-great-company-brand-career-has-bee_596924.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/seth-godin-152_bits_every-great-company-brand-career-has-bee_596924.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/seth-godin-152_bits_every-great-company-brand-career-has-bee_596924.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little…” — Seth Godin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Seth Godin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/habits-are-where-our-lives-and-careers-and-bodies-are-made/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/seth-godin-152_bodies_habits-are-where-our-lives-and-careers-a_1038235.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/seth-godin-152_bodies_habits-are-where-our-lives-and-careers-a_1038235.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/seth-godin-152_bodies_habits-are-where-our-lives-and-careers-a_1038235.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.” — Seth Godin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. 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