Books work as an art form (and an economic one) because they are primarily the work of an individual. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: The book that will most change your life is the book you write. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you have a book to write, write it. If you want to record an album, record it. No need to wait… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The second person to write a story about a young boy and an escaped slave on the Mississippi wasn't a novelist, he… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Habits like blogging often and regularly, writing down the way you think, being clear about what you think are effective tactics, ignoring… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I think there's plenty of room for blogs that exist to pay the blogger, or blogs that exist to turn a profit.… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I find that I have about six bloggable ideas a day. I also find that writing twice as long a post doesn't… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I was amplifying the negative at the expense of the positive, not to serve any useful function, not to make my writing… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The resistance is the voice in your head telling you to use bullets in your PowerPoint slides...It’s the voice that tells you… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The reason business writing is horrible is that people are afraid. Afraid to say what they mean, because they might be criticized… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The goal in blogging/ business/ inspiring non-fiction is to share a truth, or at least a truth as the writer sees it.… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you're going to invest a valuable asset (like time), go ahead and make it productive. Use a postit or two, or… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The biggest takeaway for anyone seeking to write is this: don't go looking for the way other authors do their work. You… — 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
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
Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman. — Seth Godin Copy Share
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
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
The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies. — Seth Godin Copy Share
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
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
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… — Seth Godin Copy Share
The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see. — Seth Godin Copy Share
If you're a marketer who doesn't know how to invent, design, influence, adapt, and ultimately discard products, then you're no longer a marketer. You're… — Seth Godin Copy Share
