Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman. — 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 Code Copy Share Image
Remarkable work is always not on the list, because if it was, it would be commonplace, not remarkable. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The opportunity is not in being momentarily popular with the anonymous masses. It's in being missed when you're gone, in doing work… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Everyone has a comfort zone. Worth considering: How hard (and how often) are you willing to work to get out of it?… — Seth Godin Comfort Copy Share Image
If you're not willing to get your 'worst one ever' out of the way, how will you possibly do better than that? — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It's possible that your next frontier isn't to get more efficient, it's to get more brave. — Seth Godin Brave Copy Share Image
Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn. — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
“just about every company forgot the lesson of the Cow. Instead of taking the money and using it to create a series… — Seth Godin Business Copy Share Image
Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our… — Seth Godin Community Copy Share Image
My new favorite word is 'awkward.'...Th e reason we need to be in search of awkward is that awkward is the barrier… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The industrialist (your boss, perhaps) demands that everything be proven, efficient, and risk free. The artist seeks none of these. The value… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
“We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don't need are mere clerks who guard dead paper. Librarians are too… — Seth Godin Librarians Copy Share Image
Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the… — Seth Godin Action Copy Share Image
As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The linchpin has figured out that we get only a certain number of brain cycles to spend each day. Spending even one… — Seth Godin Linchpin Copy Share Image
If you think your organization needs a bigger marketing budget, maybe you just need to be less average instead. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Emotional labor is available to all of us, but it is rarely exploited as a competitive advantage. — Seth Godin Advantage Copy Share Image
My problem with the search for the badge of real is that it trades your goals and your happiness for someone else's. — 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 Action Copy Share Image
Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy. — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
Perhaps marketing is about to transition to a new kind of profession, one that requires insight, dedication and smarts. — Seth Godin Career 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
One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Is it worth getting one more tweet out, or putting your phone down and doing something that is worth tweeting? — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It's almost impossible to have fun playing ping pong with someone who doesn't care, won't try or isn't any good. — Seth Godin Care Copy Share Image
You don't have to settle for the status quo, for being good enough, for getting by, for working all night. — 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 Balance Copy Share Image
The answer to the question "where do good ideas come from" is always the same, the come from bad ideas. If you… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want. — Seth Godin Books Copy Share Image
If you're working with a spreadsheet or a thread of correspondence or a set of data, I'm not sure you're doing your… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Marketing is the art of seeing (and then creating) what might be interesting to more than our friends — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
Your positions on EVERYTHING are based on the story you tell yourself and not some universal fact from the universal fact database. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
What people want is the extra, the emotional bonus they get when they buy something they love. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Remarkable work often comes from making choices when everyone else feels as though there is no choice. — Seth Godin Choice Copy Share Image
If failure isn't an option, then success isn't either. Success is just failure repeated until it works. — Seth Godin Failure Copy Share Image
All motivation is self-motivation. Your family, your boss, or your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It's more important that you be passionate about what you do all day than it is to be passionate about the product… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image