Thinking Quotes by Seth Godin

Think big. Start small.

— Seth Godin

Positive thinking is hard. Worth it, though.

— Seth Godin

I do not think you can get rid of the fear... but you can dance with it.

— Seth Godin

No one knows more about the way you think than you do.

— Seth Godin

How was your day? If your answer was "fine," then I don't think you were leading.

— Seth Godin

If you think cat food is for cats, how come it doesn't come in mouse flavor?

— Seth Godin

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last…

— Seth Godin

I think if you're remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn't have a resume at all.

— Seth Godin

If you think your organization needs a bigger marketing budget, maybe you just need to be less average instead.

— Seth Godin

One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do…

— Seth Godin

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

— Seth Godin

More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.

— Seth Godin

Everyone will think it's stupid!" "Everyone says it's impossible." Guess what? Everyone works in the balloon factory and everyone is wrong.

— Seth Godin

... outsiders are way more likely to approach your organization with fabulous projects if they think they're likely to both get a…

— Seth Godin

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

Sometimes, we're so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing. After all, the thinking goes, if we…

— Seth Godin

When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn't big 'cause they…

— Seth Godin

I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that's a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you'd…

— Seth Godin

Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our…

— Seth Godin

“Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living…

— Seth Godin

Reputation is what people expect us to do next. It's their expectation of the quality and character of the next thing we…

— Seth Godin

No, the only way to know what people think is to watch what they do, not what they say. Do they come…

— Seth Godin

But if the cow is purple, you'd notice it, OK? The thing that's going to decide what gets talked about, what gets…

— Seth Godin

The way the world works now, the way the rules of engagement operate, you can't claim to make sense out of the…

— Seth Godin

When we think of design, we usually imagine things that are chosen because they are designed. Vases or comic books or architecture...…

— Seth Godin

What makes someone an artist? I don't think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the…

— Seth Godin

I think it's fascinating to note that some of the most successful organizations of our time got there by focusing obsessively on…

— Seth Godin

Instead of working hard to keep their share of a shrinking pie, or working even harder to make sure the industry stays…

— Seth Godin

You gain converts by winning at something the existing provider didn't think was so important.

— Seth Godin

I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories,…

— Seth Godin

I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version…

— Seth Godin

When we think about what might go wrong, we're more likely to design something that goes right.

— Seth Godin

Where do you go to get permission to make a dent in the Universe ? If you think there's a chance you…

— Seth Godin

I think that any time reality doesn't match your expectations, it means that marketing was involved.

— Seth Godin

I've found that giving gifts is transformative. It makes me better. It clarifies my thinking and allows me to do better work.

— Seth Godin

Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.

— Seth Godin

Don't scale because you think there's a pot of gold over that rainbow. Scale because you're ready and eager to do heroic…

— Seth Godin

Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.

— Seth Godin

I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.

— Seth Godin

I think "creativity" is better described as failing repeatedly until you get something right.

— Seth Godin