The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great? — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You don't have to settle for the status quo, for being good enough, for getting by, for working all night. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Heretics must believe. More than anyone else in an organization, it's the person who's challenging the status quo, the one who is… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is frightening. Art isn't pretty. Art isn't painting. Art isn't something you hang on the wall. Art is what we do… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I find that it's almost essential to fall in love with an idea to invest the time it takes to make it… — 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
“Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it's a lot easier to launch work that matters. — 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
“Perfect is an illusion, one that was created to maintain the status quo. The Six Sigma charade is largely about hiding from… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Today, working hard is about taking apparent risk. Not a crazy risk like betting the entire company on an untested product. No,… — 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
