Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I see things differently when I'm focused on opening doors for other people, and more often than not, my doors are opened… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Or, if I take that same auditorium and I make it much bigger and put more space between seats, it'll be quieter… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
What marketers used to do is make average products for average people. That's what mass marketing is. They would ignore the geeks,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Marketing isn't done by computers, it's done by people. And people who sense opportunity and have the confidence to be remarkable will… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The desire that we have to do something that’s never been done before means that the people who are around you generally… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Are you copying others? People won't pay extra for that. You won't be followed for that. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you speak up online and your ideas have currency, people are going to show up and want to connect with you.… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
All good ideas are terrible... Until people realize they are obvious. If you're not willing to live through the terrible stage, you'll… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Most people don't see that they have options beyond what society tells them to do. That's the biggest problem. They honestly believe… — 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
No, the only way to know what people think is to watch what they do, not what they say. Do they come… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I don’t think the shortage of artists has much to do with the innate ability to create or initiate. I think it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you’re just a middleman. “ “Don’t try to be the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align… — 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