“We’ve been trained to believe that mediocre obedience is a genetic fact for most of the population, but it’s interesting to note… — Seth Godin Education Copy Share Image
“People have been indoctrinated so completely by their jobs that they don’t want to know how something works, they’re willing to accept… — Seth Godin Indoctrinated Copy Share Image
“Real change rarely comes from the front of the line. It happens from the middle or even the back. Real change happens… — Seth Godin Change Copy Share Image
There's a huge difference between being a replaceable cog on the assembly line and being the one who is missed, the one… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them,… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with… — Seth Godin Backing down Copy Share Image
And it doesn't matter to me whether you're running a coffee shop or you're an intellectual or you're in business or flying… — 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 Action Copy Share Image
Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can… — Seth Godin Boss Copy Share Image
Basically you create your experience through your beliefs about yourself and the nature of reality. Another way to understand this is to… — Seth Godin About yourself Copy Share Image
Most people don't see that they have options beyond what society tells them to do. That's the biggest problem. They honestly believe… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Sometimes, we're so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing. After all, the thinking goes, if we… — Seth Godin Ability Copy Share Image
“One of the things that school is for is to teach our children to understand and relish the idea of intellectualism, to… — Seth Godin Children Copy Share Image
Great stories agree with our worldview. The best stories don't teach people anything new. Instead the best stories agree with what the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I'll confess that I don't watch the Olympics, but you'd have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“the more crowded the marketplace, the busier your customers, the more you need the Purple Cow. Half-measures will fail. Overhauling the product… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Normal is fading away. Governments and industries and schools like normal, because it's easier, it scales and it's profitable. But people don't… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
No one can be responsible for where or how we each begin. No one has the freedom to do anything or everything,… — Seth Godin Attention Copy Share Image
We’ve been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of… — Seth Godin Differences Copy Share Image
Marketing isn't done by computers, it's done by people. And people who sense opportunity and have the confidence to be remarkable will… — Seth Godin Action Copy Share Image
When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn't big 'cause they… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
That the horrible Zika virus or HIV, we can look at what it means to be patient zero, what it means to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Emotional labor is the hard work of making art, producing generosity, and exposing creativity. Working without a map involves both vision and… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
“Art is original. Marcel Duchamp was an artist when he pioneered Dadaism and installed a urinal in a museum. The second person… — Seth Godin Art Copy Share Image
If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate. They establish the foundation for people to make connections, as opposed to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
But what if I fail? You will. A better question might be, ‘after I fail, what then?’ If you’ve chosen well, after… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The easiest way to thrive as an outlier is to avoid being one. At least among your most treasured peers. Surround yourself… — Seth Godin Focused Copy Share Image
