Mostly, the best way to be the next Mark Zuckerberg is to make difficult choices. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money — 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
Way more productive, I think, to push yourself to be more in the world, not to encourage yourself to hide. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you take action, you will be judged. There's no way around it. The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
And it doesn't matter to me whether you're running a coffee shop or you're an intellectual or you're in business or flying… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
All great programmers learn the same way. They poke the box. They code something and see what the computer does. They change… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Solving problems—actually solving them, not just claiming you do—solving perceived, urgent problems, is a surefire way to get the world to beat… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The wettest, weirdest environment is human interaction. Whatever we build gets misunderstood, corroded and chronic, and it happens quickly and in unpredictable… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The way I understand gifts is that the giver must make a sacrifice, create an uneven exchange, bring himself closer to the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
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… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you're remarkable, then it's likely that some people won't like you. That's part of the definition of remarkable. Nobody gets unanimous… — 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
In contemporary art or movies, it makes perfect sense to be focused on the bleeding edge, on the new idea that's never… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Personalizatio n wasn't supposed to be a cleverly veiled way to chase prospects around the web, showing them the same spammy ad… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Sooner or later, the ones who told you that this isn't the way it's done, the ones who found time to sneer,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You cannot buy your way to share of voice today; you cannot buy attention anymore. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
One way to sell a consumer something in the future is simply to get his or her permission in advance. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Marketing is the way your people answer the phone, the typesetting on your bills and your return policy. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The way you make something happen is to do something that a fool could screw up. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Once you have permission to talk to someone, finding new products or services for them is a smart way to grow. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
This notion that it is up to each person to innovate in some way flies in the face of the industrial age,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job? — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Low price is a great way to sell a commodity. That's not marketing though, that's efficiency. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The largest enemy of change isn't 'no', it's 'not yet' - that is the easiest way to forestall change. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
One way to work the system is to work the system. The other way is to refuse to work it. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The thing is, the future happens. Every single day, like it or not. Sure, tomorrow is risky, frightening and in some 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 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
