Top 500 Seth Godin Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn’t be done.”

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152. “Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.”

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153. “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.”

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154. “Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome of your work and you’ll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety doesn’t make you better.”

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155. “No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.”

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156. “Networking that matters is helping people achieve their goals.”

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157. “No niche is too small if it’s yours.”

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158. “The opportunity is not in being momentarily popular with the anonymous masses. It’s in being missed when you’re gone, in doing work that matters to the tribe you choose.”

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159. “The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and your soul.”

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160. “Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.”

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161. “And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.”

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162. “Real content marketing isn’t repurposed advertising, it is making something worth talking about.”

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163. “My best advice: win little battles. Get in the habit of winning, of shipping, of having customers that can’t live without you. Once you’ve demonstrated you know how to do the art, then go after the windmills.”

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

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165. “Saying ‘no’ or even ‘stop’ is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.”

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166. “Great leaders don’t try to please everyone. Great leaders don’t water down their message in order to make the tribe a bit bigger. Instead, they realize that a motivated, connected tribe in the midst of a movement is far more powerful than a larger group could ever be.”

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167. “Just because something is easy to measure doesn’t mean it’s important.”

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168. “There’s nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.”

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169. “When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn’t big ’cause they ran a lot of ads. They’re big because someone took out their iPhone and said to their friend, watch this, and pressed a button and a car pulled up.”

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170. “What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It’s about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it’s something that people have wanted forever.”

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171. “Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.”

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172. “The answer to the question “where do good ideas come from” is always the same, the come from bad ideas. If you come up with 20 bad ideas you get one good one.”

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173. “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.”

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174. “Ideas that spread win.”

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175. “The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.”

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176. “The Dip is the long slog between starting and mastery. A long slog that’s actually a shortcut, because it gets you where you want to go faster than any other path.”

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177. “Good marketers tell a story.”

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178. “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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179. “But what if I fail? You will. A better question might be, ‘after I fail, what then?’ If you’ve chosen well, after you fail you will be one step closer to succeeding, you will be wiser and stronger and you almost certainly will be more respected by all of those that are afraid to try.”

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180. “Just because the tide is out, doesn’t mean there is less water in the ocean.”

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181. “Effort is its own reward if you allow it to be.”

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182. “Dreamers don’t have special genes. They find circumstances that amplify their dreams.”

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183. “Don’t save the canary. Fix the coal mine.”

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184. “Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it’s scarce, and that scacity creates value.”

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185. “The best marketing strategy is to destroy your industry before your competition does.”

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186. “The time to look for a new job is when you don’t need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable.”

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187. “The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.”

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188. “We believe what we want to believe, and once we believe something, it becomes a self-fulfilling truth.”

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189. “Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world.”

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190. “Change isn’t made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.”

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191. “Products that are remarkable get talked about.”

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192. “Surprise comes from defying expectations.”

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193. “Attention is a bit like real estate, in that they’re not making any more of it. Unlike real estate, though, it keeps going up in value.”

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194. “You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.”

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195. “Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you’re getting close to doing something important.”

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196. “Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can’t see it.”

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197. “The enemy of fear is creativity.”

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198. “You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.”

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199. “Average feels safe but it’s not. It’s invisible.”

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200. “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