--- title: "5 Havens Quotes By Seth Godin" description: "5 Havens quotes by Seth Godin. Plus more from Seth Godin and more Havens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/seth-godin-152_action_if-you-re-going-to-invest-a-valuable-ass_211489.jpg" --- > [If you're going to invest a valuable asset (like time), go ahead and make it productive. Use a postit or two, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/if-you-re-going-to-invest-a-valuable-asset-like-time-go-ahead-and/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/seth-godin-152_action_if-you-re-going-to-invest-a-valuable-ass_211489.jpg) > [Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/lack-of-resources-payroll-time-and-competing-priorities-are-why-so/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/seth-godin-152_business_lack-of-resources-payroll-time-and-compe_254361.png) > [The reason it seems that price is all your customers care about is that you haven't given them anything else to care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-reason-it-seems-that-price-is-all-your-customers-care-about-is/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/seth-godin-152_care_the-reason-it-seems-that-price-is-all-yo_1206425.png) > [The way the world works now, the way the rules of engagement operate, you can't claim to make sense out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-way-the-world-works-now-the-way-the-rules-of-engagement-operate/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/seth-godin-152_claims_the-way-the-world-works-now-the-way-the_2950073.png) > [I was amplifying the negative at the expense of the positive, not to serve any useful function, not to make my writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/i-was-amplifying-the-negative-at-the-expense-of-the-positive-not-to/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/seth-godin-152_behinds_i-was-amplifying-the-negative-at-the-exp_2960477.png) ## Other authors on Havens ## 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/havens/seth-godin/#itemlist", "name": "5 Havens Quotes By Seth Godin", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're going to invest a valuable asset (like time), go ahead and make it productive. Use a postit or two, or some index cards or a highlighter. Not to write down stuff so you can forget it later, but to create marching orders. 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