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Motivational Quotes by Seth Godin

39 Motivational quotes by Seth Godin

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Seth Godin says success isn’t a straight ladder but a series of steps with occasional big jumps. He warns that being scared to act makes you a spectator instead of a creator. He also notes that regular practice helps you stay calm enough to make smart choices.

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

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Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important.

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The rest of the world isn't nearly as important as the few who are here.

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What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do for a living is ship.

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Don't fix me; Love me for what's broken.

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Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

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You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.

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The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.

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The YouTube video maker gets more out of making a video than you get out of watching it.

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The value we create is directly related to how much valuable information we can produce, how much trust we can earn, and…

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There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them.

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It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work,…

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

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You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.

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

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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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If you hear my idea but don't believe it, that's not your fault; it's mine. If you see my new product but…

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In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your…

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Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage…

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Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things…

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All motivation is self-motivation. Your family, your boss, or your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide…

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No one can be responsible for where or how we each begin. No one has the freedom to do anything or everything,…

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A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all…

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You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera…

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The notion that I do my work here, now, like this, even when I do not feel like it, and especially when…

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One theory says that if you treat people well, you're more likely to encourage them to do what you want, making all…

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Emotions are far more contagious than any disease. A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster…

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If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped…

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The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it…

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...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's…

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It's not an accident that successful people read more books.

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We don't need more stuff, we need more humanity.

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You are not your resume, you are your work.

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

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Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.

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Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.

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Way more productive, I think, to push yourself to be more in the world, not to encourage yourself to hide.

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The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way.

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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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Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most…

The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.

Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.

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

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…

I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third…

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

The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.

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…

Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better…

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

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…

The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see.

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…