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Leadership Quotes by Seth Godin
- The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.
- People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.
- Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek.
- If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.
- Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.
- 'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'
- Marketing management is now tribal leadership.
- Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
- The future of marketing is leadership
- Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.
- Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting.
- Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting your own standards--and…
- In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic…
- Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.
- The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
- Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
More Leadership Quotes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong
- The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang. — Mary Kay Ash
- Every silver lining has a cloud. — Mary Kay Ash
- Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise. — Mary Kay Ash
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe
- Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to… — Ibrahim Babangida