Top 931 Quotes & Sayings by Seth Godin - Page 4

Just as we don't spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.

Empathy requires something extremely difficult: accepting the fact that we are not and never will be in the other person's shoes. There's no rational, universal course because individuals have different goals, different worldviews and different experiences.

Good marketers measure.

Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work.

Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.

Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.

Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.

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.

If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.

Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.

Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.

If you hear my idea and dont believe it , thats not your fault its mine.

I don’t think the shortage of artists has much to do with the innate ability to create or initiate. I think it has to do with believing that it’s possible and acceptable for you to do it. We’ve had these doors open wide for only a decade or so, and most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.

Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important.

People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

Art is what we call...the thing an artist does. It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human. Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.

Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.

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.

Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.

Too often, the person who wrecks our work is us.

Anxiety is practising failure in advance. Anxiety is needless and imaginary. It's fear about fear, fear that means nothing.

If you want to be a leader, go lead

The problem with working with a coach isn't that we don't know what to do. The real problem is that we don't want to change our mind.

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.

Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you're an artist.

Rehearsing failure is simply a bad habit, not a productive use of your time. When you choose to visualize the path that works, you're more likely to shore it up and create an environment where it can take place.

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

Art is a personal act of courage.

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.

The weird set an example for the rest of us. They raise the bar. They show us through their actions that in fact we're wired to do the new, not to comply with someone a thousand miles away.

If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.

In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he's tired. Everyone is. That's not the point. The point is to run.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle royal, one between the quest for safety and the desire to matter.

You can't win by being more average than average.

Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.

The less people know, the more they yell.

If you think your organization needs a bigger marketing budget, maybe you just need to be less average instead.

A book is a souvenir of an idea.

One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.

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." -

Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again

If you wait until there is another case study in your industry, you will be too late!

Even good excuses, really good ones, don't help very much. Explanations, on the other hand, are both scarce and useful. And accurate forecasts and insightful intuition are priceless.

The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

How was your day? If your answer was "fine," then I don't think you were leading.

You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you're playing for keeps

Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it's a lot easier to launch work that matters.

Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations

Most of your competition spend their days looking forward to those rare moments when everything goes right. Imagine how much leverage you have if you spend your time maximizing those common moments when it doesn't.

The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference, the first thing you do should be to lay tracks to accomplish your goals, not to hear how others have reacted/ responded/ insisted to what happened yesterday.

Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.

The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.

Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.

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.

The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.

The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.

You don't launch a popular blog, you build one.