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Failure Quotes by Seth Godin

51 Failure quotes by Seth Godin

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Seth Godin frames anxiety as imagined failure and says success is just repeated attempts that finally work. He urges people to start, fail small, and learn from each setback rather than over‑planning. His advice blends practicality with a belief that failure fuels growth.

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I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.

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What people are afraid of isn't failure. It's blame. Criticism.

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People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.

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When your art fails, make better art.

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Just start. Start now. Fail often. Enjoy the ride.

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The person who fails the most wins.

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Go ahead, fail. Try to avoid mistakes, though.

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If failure is not an option, neither is success.

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Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.

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In general, organizations are afraid to fire customers, no matter how unreasonable. This is a mistake. It's good for you.

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The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.

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I think "creativity" is better described as failing repeatedly until you get something right.

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“Education isn't a problem until it serves as a buffer rom the world and a refuge from the risk of failure.”

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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.

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Anxiety is practising failure in advance. Anxiety is needless and imaginary. It's fear about fear, fear that means nothing.

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In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.

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“I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance…and if you have anxiety about initiating a project, then of course you will associate…

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Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome of your work and you'll soon…

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The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing…

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If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of…

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Any customer that walks away, disrespected and defeated, represents tens of thousands of dollars out the door, in addition to the failure…

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Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix…

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The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed…

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Rehearsing failure is simply a bad habit, not a productive use of your time. When you choose to visualize the path that…

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Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have…

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“When those in power use shame to bully the weak into compliance, they are stealing from us. They tell us that they…

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Now, before sliced bread was invented in the 1910s I wonder what they said? Like the greatest invention since the telegraph or…

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The mistake so many marketers make is that they conjoin the urgency of making another sale with the timing to earn the…

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I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that's a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you'd…

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“Your first mistake might be assuming that people are rational. Your second mistake could be assuming that people are eager for change.…

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It's impossible to have a coin with only one side. You can't have heads without tails. Innovation is like that. Initiative is…

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But what if I fail? You will. A better question might be, ‘after I fail, what then?’ If you’ve chosen well, after…

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If you're remarkable, then it's likely that some people won't like you. That's part of the definition of remarkable. Nobody gets unanimous…

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If failure is not an option, then neither is success.

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If I fail more than you do, I win.

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We fail when we give up too soon.

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“Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance.”

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The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something.

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Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.

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Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place…

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

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