The people that are doing work that matters aren't doing work thats popular. They're just doing work that changes some people. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
There's no correlation between how good your idea is and how likely your organization will be to embrace it. — Seth Godin Acceptance Copy Share Image
Success brings with it the fear of blowing it. With more to lose, there's more pressure not to lose it. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't. — Seth Godin Deep thought 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
Without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist. — Seth Godin Adventure 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… — Seth Godin Computers Copy Share Image
Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another. — Seth Godin Acts of courage Copy Share Image
Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
To make a product, to market an idea, to come up with any problem you want to solve that doesn't have a… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Every voice doesn't matter--only the voices that move your idea forward, that make it better, that make you better, that make it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding, they learn by some other way—by rote or something.… — Seth Godin Education 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 Better way Copy Share Image
“Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that's a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you'd… — 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 Boss Copy Share Image
Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money. — Seth Godin Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Turning you Passion into your Job is easier than finding a Job that matches your passion” — Seth Godin Job-search Copy Share Image
The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes — Seth Godin Dead end Copy Share Image
“When we try to drill and practice someone into subservient obedience, we’re stamping out the artist that lives within.” — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
Everyone will think it's stupid!" "Everyone says it's impossible." Guess what? Everyone works in the balloon factory and everyone is wrong. — Seth Godin Balloons Copy Share Image
“The challenge is to focus on the work, not on the fear that comes from doing the work.” — Seth Godin Challenge 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
More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say. — Seth Godin Action Copy Share Image
“That voice is the resistance your lizard brain and it wants you to be average (and safe)” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset.” — Seth Godin Initiative Copy Share Image
Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it. Get support from your peers when you start flagging. Repeat.… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
There are always limits, and opportunities. The ones we rehearse and focus on are the ones that shape our future. — Seth Godin Focus 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 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 application process changes the list of who applies. Your applicants reflect your methods. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what… — Seth Godin Audience Copy Share Image
“The old rule was this: CREATE SAFE, ORDINARY PRODUCTS AND COMBINE THEM WITH GREAT MARKETING. The new rule is: CREATE REMARKABLE PRODUCTS… — Seth Godin Creativity 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 Business Copy Share Image
You have to pay the price to be in the right place at the right time often enough that people tend to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of… — Seth Godin Bad review Copy Share Image
Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world. — Seth Godin Authentic Copy Share Image
We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands… — Seth Godin Business Copy Share Image
If you don't require the journey to be easy or comfortable or safe, you can change the world — Seth Godin Change Copy Share Image
