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Thinking Quotes by Seth Godin

48 Thinking quotes by Seth Godin

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Seth Godin points out that ideas are plentiful, but success needs the right timing and courage. He says reputation is what people expect next, and that you must know how you think better than anyone else. He also warns against scaling without purpose.

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Think big. Start small.

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Positive thinking is hard. Worth it, though.

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

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

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

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

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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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find…

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I don't think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to…

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There's no life-work balance. I think you have to have the discipline to have the life you want to have. And if…

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The problem with putting it all on the line is that it might not work out. The problem with not putting it…

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Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, "You're not going where…

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I don’t think the shortage of artists has much to do with the innate ability to create or initiate. I think it…

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

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I don't think there's a shortage of remarkable ideas. I think your business has plenty of great opportunities to do great things.…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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