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Seth Godin Quotes
Seth Godin
American
Writer
Born:
Jul 10
,
1960
Being
People
Think
Work
Writing
You
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Denis Waitley
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Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
Seth Godin
Fear
Smart
Mark
Overcoming
Person
Being
Successful
Successful Person
Your
Aware
I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.
Seth Godin
You
Conversation
Walk
Long
Build
Calm
Incredible
Combination
Learned
Want
Bridge
The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.
Seth Godin
Work
Time
Home
You
Game
Hate
First
Every
Every Time
Else
Way
Someone
Take
First Time
Ball
Go
Go Home
Bullies
Bully
Behave
Either
Play
When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.
Seth Godin
People
Diabetes
Care
Autism
Enough
Enough People
Everyone
About
Only
Participate
Global
Global Warming
Tiny
Warming
Even
Helps
Actively
Fraction
Marketing is a contest for people's attention.
Seth Godin
People
Marketing
Attention
Contest
I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.
Seth Godin
Best
Change
Think
Else
Someone
Self
Most
Version
Times
Your
Productive
Thing
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
You
Leader
Charisma
Gives
Leaders
Study
Leading
Look
Being
Where
Being A Leader
Succeeded
Who
Permission marketing is marketing without interruptions.
Seth Godin
Marketing
Without
Permission
Interruptions
Dig your well before you're thirsty.
Seth Godin
You
Before
Dig
Well
Your
Thirsty
The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity.
Seth Godin
Art
Minute
Paint
Mechanical
Map
Activity
Numbers
Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed. They want to be missed the day they don't show up. They want to be missed when they're gone.
Seth Godin
Day
You
People
Gone
More
More Than Anything
Missed
Do You Know
Know
Up
Than
Want
Anything
Show
The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.
Seth Godin
You
Danger
Minutes
Web
Ten
Ten Minutes
Idea
Announcement
Go
Public
The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.
Seth Godin
Future
Knowledge
Those
About
Having
Readers
Want
Connections
Publishing
A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.
Seth Godin
Needs
You
Game
Welcome
Happy
People
Will
Miserable
He
He Or She
Most
She
Make
Makes
Bully
Play
Playing
I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.
Seth Godin
You
Book
Money
Long
First
Economics
Think
Books
Favor
Runs
Make
Bunch
Hits
Your
Publishing
Last
If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons.
Seth Godin
Buy
Good
You
Book
Better
Paper
Those
Scarcity
Good Reason
Perhaps
Real
Going
Reason
Reasons
If a product's future is unlikely to be remarkable - if you can't imagine a future in which people are once again fascinated by your product - it's time to realize that the game has changed. Instead of investing in a dying product, take profits and reinvest them in building something new.
Seth Godin
Future
Time
You
Game
People
Building
Changed
Unlikely
Once
Something
Something New
Remarkable
Take
Investing
Instead
New
Dying
Which
Again
Them
Realize
Product
Your
Fascinated
Profits
Reinvest
Imagine
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
World
Power
Important
Live
Drives
Most
Most Important Thing
Becomes
Important Thing
Person
Get
The Most Important
Where
Information
Chooses
Who
Thing
We're not going to outgrow our need for information.
Seth Godin
Our
Outgrow
Going
Information
Need
Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.
Seth Godin
Work
People
Reliable
Slot
Bosses
Chart
Feel
Feels
Most
Safe
Doing
Hire
Them
Who
Fill
I was lucky enough to co-found a business in college that ended up with 400 employees, and I launched 20 different projects while I was there - a project a week.
Seth Godin
Business
College
Employees
Enough
Project
Projects
Week
Up
Ended
Different
While
Lucky
Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something is going to work.
Seth Godin
Work
Space
Face
Resources
Kickstarter
Proof
Something
Risk
Shelf
Limited
Limited Resources
Going
Them
Publishers
One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.
Seth Godin
People
Vocabulary
Voice
New
Doing
Blog
Encourage
Available
Act
Your
Reason
Habits like blogging often and regularly, writing down the way you think, being clear about what you think are effective tactics, ignoring the burbling crowd and not eating bacon. All of these are useful habits.
Seth Godin
You
Writing
Down
Think
Way
Bacon
Eating
About
Tactics
Crowd
Habits
Clear
Like
Blogging
Effective
Often
Being
Useful
Regularly
Ignoring
I find that I have about six bloggable ideas a day. I also find that writing twice as long a post doesn't increase communication, it usually decreases it. And finally, I found that people get antsy if there are unread posts in their queue.
Seth Godin
Day
Communication
People
Writing
Post
Long
Increase
Finally
Find
About
Posts
Unread
Ideas
Also
Queue
Get
Antsy
Six
Found
Twice
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