Seth Godin Quotes - Page 36

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• Confusion sets in when you're not sure if your product or service is bought or sold, or worse, if you are a salesperson just waiting for people to buy.

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  People, Confusion, Waiting

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• Books work as an art form (and an economic one) because they are primarily the work of an individual.

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  Art, Book, Writing

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• You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome.

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  People, Entrepreneur, Who Cares

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• If you use your money to create exceptional products and services, you won't need to spend it on advertising.

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  Needs, Use, Advertising

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• You can't shrink your way to greatness!

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  Greatness, Way, Shrinks

  Seth Godin (2012). “Survival Is Not Enough: Shift Happens”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

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• Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.

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  Business, Simple, Priorities

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• Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.

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  Business, Essentials, Assets

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• In general, organizations are afraid to fire customers, no matter how unreasonable. This is a mistake. It's good for you.

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  Mistake, Fire, Organization

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• Any customer that walks away, disrespected and defeated, represents tens of thousands of dollars out the door, in addition to the failure of a promise the brand made in the first place. You can't see it but it's happening, daily.

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  Doors, Promise, Dollars

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• Art is the work of a human being – something a person does with generosity to touch someone else to make a change for the better.

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  Art, Generosity, Doe

  "Why We Are All Artists: Seth Godin in Conversation – Part 1". Interview with Mary Jaksch, writetodone.com.

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• All the creativity books in the world aren’t going to help you if you’re unwilling to have lousy, lame, and even dangerously bad ideas.

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  Book, Creativity, Ideas

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.111, Penguin

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• The way I understand gifts is that the giver must make a sacrifice, create an uneven exchange, bring himself closer to the recipient, create change and do it all with the right spirit.

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  Sacrifice, Way, Spirit

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• You don't have to settle for the status quo, for being good enough, for getting by, for working all night.

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  Night, Good Enough, Settling

  Seth Godin (2006). “Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas”, p.11, Penguin

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• Once you have permission to talk to someone, finding new products or services for them is a smart way to grow.

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  Business, Smart, Way

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• The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed connections. It's precisely the high-wire act of "this might not work" that makes original art worth doing.

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  Life, Sweet, Art

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• Art is the act of doing work that matters while dancing with the voice in your head that screams for you to stop.

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  Art, Voice, Dancing

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• I have something to say. I know how to do something. I’m doing it. If you want me to do it with you, raise your hand.

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  Hands, Want, Raises

  Interview with Ryan and Tina Essmaker, thegreatdiscontent.com. August 14, 2012.

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• The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.

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  Ideas, Danger, Minutes

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• The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.

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  Giving Money, Way, Causes

  "Thinking about money" by Seth Godin, sethgodin.typepad.com. June 30, 2013.

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• School is at its best when it gives students the expectation that they will not only
  dream big, but dream dreams that they can work on every day until they accomplish
  them-not because they were chosen by a black-box process, but because
  they worked hard enough to reach them.

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  Dream, School, Giving

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• Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our effort to imagine every possible way to avoid the outcome that is causing us fear, and failing that, to survive the thing that we fear if it comes to fruition.

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  Workout, Giving, Work Out

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• I wonder if real art comes when you build the thing that they don't have a prize for yet.

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  Art, Real, Wonder

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• Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.

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  Giving Up, Believe, Being Real

  Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.29, Penguin

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• Just start. Start now. Fail often. Enjoy the ride.

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  Failing, Enjoy

  Seth Godin (2006). “Free Prize Inside: The Next Big Marketing Idea”, p.245, Penguin UK

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• Studying entrepreneurshi p without doing it... is like studying the appreciation of music without listening to it.

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  Appreciation, Listening, Study

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