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Leadership Quotes by Seth Godin

52 Leadership quotes by Seth Godin

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A person stepping onto a stage illustrates that leadership is a choice, not a gift handed down. The quotes explain that leaders must accept discomfort, give others a platform for ideas, and listen even when crowds expect easy answers. They also note that true leaders crave change and do not water down their message to please everyone.

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

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

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Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting.

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Kings fear change. Leaders crave it.

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The world is begging for you to lead.

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The future of marketing is leadership

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If you want to be a leader, go lead

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The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.

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“I think most people have it upside down. Being charismatic doesn’t make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic. There”

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Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.

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Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

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Transformation al leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead.

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Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.

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Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value.

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'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'

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Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

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Two different things: A crowd is a tribe without a leader. A crowd is a tribe without communication. Most organizations spend their…

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“So great leaders don't try to please everyone. Great leaders don't water down their message in order to make the tribe a…

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“Managers manage a process they’ve seen before, and they react to the outside world, striving to make that process as fast and…

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A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions…

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“Leadership isn't something that people hand to you. ... [i]t's a gradual process, one where you take responsibility years before you are…

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Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can…

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In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the…

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Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's where charisma comes from, from…

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“Do What You Want; these are the 4 most frightening words brought to us by the Connection Revolution. If you want to…

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“Real leaders don't care [about receiving credit]. If it's about your mission, about spreading the faith, about seeing something happen, not only…

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“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,…

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“If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either. Part of leadership (a big part of it, actually) is…

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The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to…

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“It's not time," "Take it easy," "Wait and see," "It's someone else's turn" - none of these stalls are appropriate for a…

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Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable…

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Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting…

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Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing.

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Marketing management is now tribal leadership.

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The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.

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“Generous and authentic leadership will always defeat the selfish efforts of someone doing it just because she can.”

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Leading is a skill, not a gift. You're not born with it, you learn how.

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In nearly every case, trying to lead everyone results in leading no one in particular.

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Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.

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Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.

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Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing.

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

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“Life is actually far better than it is in the movies. And it takes longer.”

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