The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
People get good gigs because they stand up…You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The only people who get paid what they're worth are people who don't follow the instruction book, who create art, who are… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You dont need to convince everyone. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you're different somehow and have made yourself unique, people will find you and pay you more. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The real power of tribes has nothing to do with the Internet and everything to do with people. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can't see it — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The essence of marketing today is to tell a story to people who want to hear it, in a way that resonates… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Entertainment has seduced us into believing that we have a chance to live the life they live in the movies. Even the… — 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… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I don't like offending people, and it's easy to offend people when you don't know as much as they do. This group… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The reason business writing is horrible is that people are afraid. Afraid to say what they mean, because they might be criticized… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told.… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me,… — 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
Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year… — 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
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
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
In fact, most of the time, people with similar information, similar beliefs and similar apparent choices will choose similar actions. So if… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You know, if I look at an auditorium full of high school students and the big man on campus and his girlfriend… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You can't control other people, and giving them the power to decide if you will continue to produce good work is foolish. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies"… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Successful people fail often, and, worth noting, learn more from that failure than everyone else. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on a mission — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to… — 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
Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even). — 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
You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way. — 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
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
Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman. — Seth Godin Copy Share
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
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
The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies. — Seth Godin Copy Share
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
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
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… — Seth Godin Copy Share
The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see. — Seth Godin Copy Share
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… — Seth Godin Copy Share
