Seth Godin Quotes About Vision

Quotes about: Vision

• Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.

  Seth Godin

  Vision, Resistance, Genuine

• If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.

  Seth Godin

  Journey, Talking, People

  Seth Godin (2011). “Tribes: We need you to lead us”, p.82, Hachette UK

• The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.

  Seth Godin

  Inspirational, Real, Media

• Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with even more resistance. Products, services, career paths... whatever it is, the forces for mediocrity will align to stop you, forgiving no errors and never backing down until it's over

  Seth Godin

  Careers, Errors, Effort

  Seth Godin (2012). “Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.27, Penguin

• If you set your bar at 'amazing' it's awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn't going to be amazing. Your tenth one might not be either. Confronted with the gap between your vision of perfect and the reality of what you've created, the easiest path is no path. Shrug. Admit defeat. Hit delete. One more reason to follow someone else and wait for instructions. Of course, the only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing. But not-yet-amazing is a great place to start, because that's where you are.

  Seth Godin

  Running, Reality, Perfect

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