65 Of The Very Best Seth Godin Quotes

~66 Of The Very Best Seth Godin Quotes~

1. Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can- Seth Godin Quotes
2. The job might be difficult, it might require skill but it’s a job.
3. Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people- Seth Godin Quotes
4. Change almost never fails because it’s too early. It almost always fails because it’s too late.
5. Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from- Seth Godin Quotes
6. If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.
7. An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally- Seth Godin Quotes
8. People don’t believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.
9. Perhaps your challenge isn’t finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen- Seth Godin Quotes
10. There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth.   Not going all the way, and not starting.
11. If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely- Seth Godin Quotes
12. The secret to being wrong isn’t to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong
    

    

    isn’t fatal.

13. Soon is not as good as now- Seth Godin Quotes
14. How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable? 
15. If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you’ll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job- Seth Godin Quotes
16. Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you’re doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they’re hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.
17. The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done- Seth Godin Quotes
18. Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.
19. 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 living up to them–is a better way to profit. Not to mention a better way to make your day worth all the effort you put into it- Seth Godin Quotes
20. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
21. 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 behind it- Seth Godin Quotes
22. No one knows more about the way you think than you do.
23. Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself- Seth Godin Quotes
24. It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.
25. When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short not easy. That means you must determine if the route is worth the effort. If it’s not, dream bigger- Seth Godin Quotes
26. You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
27. Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do- Seth Godin Quotes
28. Not only must you be an artist, must you be generous, and must you be able to see where you can help but you must also be aware. Aware of where your skills are welcomed.
29. Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers- Seth Godin Quotes
30. If failure is not an option, then neither is success.
31. I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace- Seth Godin Quotes
32. The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
33. the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace- Seth Godin Quotes
34. All great programmers learn the same way. They poke the box. They code something and see what the computer does. They change it and see what the computer does. They repeat the process again and again until they figure out how the box works.
35. A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do- Seth Godin Quotes
36. Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.
37. What is school for? If you’re not asking that, you’re wasting time and money- Seth Godin Quotes
38. Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.
39. The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don’t know- Seth Godin Quotes
40. Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
41. Leadership isn’t something that people hand to you. … it’s a gradual process, one where you take responsibility years before you are given authority. And that’s something we can teach- Seth Godin Quotes
42. The challenge, it turns out, isn’t in perfecting your ability to know when to start and when to stand by. The challenge is getting into the habit of.
43. 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 Quotes
44. As soon as we associate reading with a test, we’ve missed the point.
45. Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can’t see it- Seth Godin Quotes
46. It’s clearly more fun to make the rules than to follow them.
47. We need students who can learn how to learn, who can discover how to push themselves and are generous enough and honest enough to engage with the outside world to make those dreams happen- Seth Godin Quotes
48. Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
49. Passion can overcome fear – the fear of losing, of failing, of being traditional- Seth Godin Quotes
50. If your feet are in two buckets and the average temperature of the water is 90 degrees, you’re probably fine—unless one bucket is at 35 and the other is at 145 degrees. On average, you’re fine. Based on variation, though, you’re miserable.
51. The best way to be missed when you’re gone, is to stand for something when you’re here- Seth Godin Quotes
52. It’s never too late…to start heading in the right direction.
53. Marketing is the name we use to describe the promise a company makes, the story it tells, and the authentic way it delivers on that promise- Seth Godin Quotes
54. The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.
55. When you work under the cloud of anxiety, the best strategy is to play it safe, because if (when!) it fails, you’ll be blameless- Seth Godin Quotes
56. So sure, start with a slogan. But don’t bother wasting any time on it if you’re merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
57. Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations- Seth Godin Quotes
58. The market … demands a signal from you that you’re serious, powerful, accepted, and safe.
59. Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that’s where charisma comes from, from the leading- Seth Godin Quotes
60. Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
61. Dig your well before you’re thirsty- Seth Godin Quotes
62. I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it’s useless, I think it’s a distraction.
63. If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power- Seth Godin Quotes
64. The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.
65. The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way- Seth Godin Quotes

~65 Of The Very Best Seth Godin Quotes~