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Work Quotes by Seth Godin

42 Work quotes by Seth Godin

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Seth Godin says a great work opportunity lets you learn and share something unique. He notes that taking action, not just polishing a resume, is what creates real results and makes work feel aligned with your dreams. He also suggests that focusing on important work that helps a few people brings more happiness than chasing profit or trying to please everyone.

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The job is not the work.

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Set up a life you don't need to escape from.

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Great work is always shunned at first.

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You are not your resume, you are your work.

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Too often, the person who wrecks our work is us.

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The rest of the world isn't nearly as important as the few who are here.

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Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.

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If you're not proud of where you work, go work somewhere else.

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Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

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You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.

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The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.

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The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.

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If it's work, we try to figure out how to do less, If it's art, we try to figure out how to…

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It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.

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It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work,…

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You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe…

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In other words, If you don't take action, you won't get any results You are not your resume, you are your work

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A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.

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In the long run, doing work that's important leads to more happiness than doing work that's merely profitable.

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Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to…

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I was amplifying the negative at the expense of the positive, not to serve any useful function, not to make my writing…

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If you're going to build a lean enterprise, you can test and measure how often the company ships iterations, how often it…

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The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed…

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“It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work,…

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Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage…

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“On top of this, if you do great work you gain the reward of knowing you’re doing great work. Your day snaps…

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Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things…

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Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them,…

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“Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only…

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“Do extremely difficult work. That seems obvious, right? If you do something that's valued but scarce because it's difficult, you're more likely…

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...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's…

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“The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following…

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“The challenge is to focus on the work, not on the fear that comes from doing the work.”

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Your history of work is as important as the work you'll do tomorrow.

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If you don't get it built, the work doesn't matter.

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If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.

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Are you doing work worth doing, or are you just doing your job?

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That's your opportunity - to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.

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The myth that the CEO is going to discover you and nurture you and ask you to join her for lunch is…

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Remarkable work is always not on the list, because if it was, it would be commonplace, not remarkable.

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