The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at… — Seth Godin Doing what you love Copy Share Image
If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from. — Seth Godin Business Copy Share Image
It's far easier to put your future into someone else's hands than it is to slog your way forward, owning the results… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach… — Seth Godin Education Copy Share Image
You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you're in the idea business, it doesn't matter where you're from. It matters if we care about the change you're making. — Seth Godin Business Copy Share Image
“On top of this, if you do great work you gain the reward of knowing you’re doing great work. Your day snaps… — Seth Godin Reward Copy Share Image
A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The object of the new school is to teach reasonable doubt. Not the unreasonable doubt of the wild-eyed heckler, but the evidence-based… — Seth Godin Doubt Copy Share Image
“Leadership isn't something that people hand to you. ... [i]t's a gradual process, one where you take responsibility years before you are… — Seth Godin Leader Copy Share Image
The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Don't measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. If you're not prepared to change… — Seth Godin Action Copy Share Image
Great projects, like great careers and relationships that last, are gardens. They are tended, they shift, they grow. They endure over time,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The good news is that more than ever, value accrues to those that show up, those that make a difference, those that… — Seth Godin Differences Copy Share Image
Successful people fail often, and, worth noting, learn more from that failure than everyone else. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your… — Seth Godin Chance Copy Share Image
“What most people want in a leader is something that’s very difficult to find: we want someone who listens. Why” — Seth Godin Leader Copy Share Image
“If all online products at all online stores are the same, then of course I’ll use a price-shopping Web site to find… — Seth Godin Shopping Copy Share Image
“For many of us, the happiest future is one that's precisely like the past, except a little better” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The question isn’t whether or not you should wait to be picked, the question is whether you care enough to pick yourself. — Seth Godin Care Copy Share Image
You can't control other people, and giving them the power to decide if you will continue to produce good work is foolish. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues… — Seth Godin Bird Copy Share Image
While you may have made money doing something a certain way yesterday, there's no reason to believe you'll succeed at it tomorrow. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Viewing the web as a platform for generosity is very different than seeing an opportunity to turn it into an ATM machine. — Seth Godin Atm Copy Share Image
Turn strangers into friends. Turn friends into donors. And then do the most important job: Turn your donors into fundraisers. — Seth Godin Donors Copy Share Image
“The people who skip the hard questions are in the majority, but they are not in demand.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Just as we don't spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their… — Seth Godin Bloggers Copy Share Image
The reason it seems that price is all your customers care about is that you haven't given them anything else to care… — Seth Godin Care Copy Share Image
Your biggest failure is the thing you dreamed of contributing but didn't find the guts to do. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies"… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time. — Seth Godin Ability Copy Share Image
“If you're brilliant and undiscovered and underappreciated (in whatever field you choose), then you're being too generous about your definition of brilliant.” — Seth Godin Generous Copy Share Image
Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is. — Seth Godin Business Copy Share Image