“What most people want in a leader is something that’s very difficult to find: we want someone who listens. Why” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Our job as marketers and leaders, is to create vibrant pockets, not to hunt for mass. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Leaders who set out to give are more productive than leaders who seek to get. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Managers manage a process they’ve seen before, and they react to the outside world, striving to make that process as fast and… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Leadership isn't something that people hand to you. ... [i]t's a gradual process, one where you take responsibility years before you are… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate. They establish the foundation for people to make connections, as opposed to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's where charisma comes from, from… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Two different things: A crowd is a tribe without a leader. A crowd is a tribe without communication. Most organizations spend their… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Insulate yourself... from anonymous angry people Expose yourself to art you don't yet understand Precisely measure the results that are important to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Do What You Want; these are the 4 most frightening words brought to us by the Connection Revolution. If you want to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Real leaders don't care [about receiving credit]. If it's about your mission, about spreading the faith, about seeing something happen, not only… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“What most people want in a leader is something that's very difficult to find: we want someone who listens...The secret, Reagan's secret,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either. Part of leadership (a big part of it, actually) is… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Heretics are the new leaders. The ones who challenge the status quo, who get out in front of their tribes, who create… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“I think most people have it upside down. Being charismatic doesn’t make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic. There” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value. — 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