Seth Godin Quotes About Risk

Quotes about: Risk

• We've greatly exaggerated the risk of sinking, without celebrating the value of swimming.

  Seth Godin

  Swimming, Risk, Celebrate

• The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.

  Seth Godin

  Believe, Risk, Want

  Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.91, Penguin

• You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.

  Seth Godin

  Motivational, Risk, Boring

• I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that's a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you'd have to face tomorrow is to eliminate all risk ... I've made the decision that I'm never trying to make everything okay. I'm trying for there to be more loose ends, not fewer loose ends.

  Seth Godin

  Mistake, Thinking, Goal

• We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing.

  Seth Godin

  Emotional, Play, Risk

• More and more people now have jobs that require them to confront the risk of appearing stupid on a regular basis.

  Seth Godin

  Jobs, Stupid, People

• Good advice is priceless. Not what you want to hear, but what you need to hear. Not imaginary, but practical. Not based on fear, but on possibility. Not designed to make you feel better, designed to make you better. Seek it out and embrace the true friends that care enough to risk sharing it. I'm not sure what takes more guts-giving it or getting it.

  Seth Godin

  True Friend, Feel Better, Giving

• How often do our heroes stand still? It's hard to imagine Spock and Kirk landing on a planet and just relaxing for a month or two. Just hanging out has nothing to do with boldly going where no one has gone before. What makes us different from every other creature is that we go places, places we've not gone before. We do it willingly, and often. What makes our work and our life interesting is discovery, surprise, and the risk of exploration.

  Seth Godin

  Hero, Discovery, Two

  Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.28, Penguin

• A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there's the comfortable alternative instead? The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.

  Seth Godin

  Motivational, Success, Blow

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.101, Penguin

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