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 media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
A business owner is the boss, but it's a job, a place that is stable and profitable. An entrepreneur is an artist… — 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
I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job? — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable? — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Most of the time, creative entrepreneurs lose interest long before their marketing message loses its power. — 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 Image
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 Image
Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies. — 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 to find… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
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 Image
“Life is actually far better than it is in the movies. And it takes longer.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
