Top 500 Seth Godin Quotes (2023 Update)
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301. “Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.”

— Seth Godin

302. “Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you’re on. The rest is noise.”

— Seth Godin

303. “Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.”

— Seth Godin

304. “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

305. “Everything gets easier when you walk away from the hubris of everyone. Your work is not for everyone. It’s only for those who signed up for the journey.”

— Seth Godin

306. “So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.”

— Seth Godin

307. “Incrementalism ceases to be a good strategy when there’s a cliff on the route.”

— Seth Godin

308. “If you take action, you will be judged. There’s no way around it. The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored. Up to you.”

— Seth Godin

309. “I think “creativity” is better described as failing repeatedly until you get something right.”

— Seth Godin

310. “Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that’s what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.”

— Seth Godin

311. “If not enough people doubt you, you’re not making a difference.”

— Seth Godin

312. “Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec.”

— Seth Godin

313. “You can win with consistent benefits, delivered over time. You win by incrementally earning share, attention and trust.”

— Seth Godin

314. “My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.”

— Seth Godin

315. “I see things differently when I’m focused on opening doors for other people, and more often than not, my doors are opened as well.”

— Seth Godin

316. “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.”

— Seth Godin

317. “That’s your opportunity – to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.”

— Seth Godin

318. “Listen to your fear but don’t obey it.”

— Seth Godin

319. “When we think about what might go wrong, we’re more likely to design something that goes right.”

— Seth Godin

320. “You can be right or you can have empathy. You can’t do both.”

— Seth Godin

321. “The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.”

— Seth Godin

322. “We are too focused on avoiding criticism and not enough on making a difference.”

— Seth Godin

323. “We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing.”

— Seth Godin

324. “Emotional labor is the task of doing important work, even when it isn’t easy. Emotional.”

— Seth Godin

325. “Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.”

— Seth Godin

326. “Make a decision. It doesn’t have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.”

— Seth Godin

327. “Marketers have to move upstream now. We have to stop being the last step in the process and start being the first step.”

— Seth Godin

328. “In a race, sooner or later there’s a moment that separates the winner from those who don’t win. That instant is your chance, the moment you’ve been waiting for.”

— Seth Godin

329. “Don’t scale because you think there’s a pot of gold over that rainbow. Scale because you’re ready and eager to do heroic work, every day, forever.”

— Seth Godin

330. “Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.”

— Seth Godin

331. “Figure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.”

— Seth Godin

332. “You cannot buy your way to share of voice today; you cannot buy attention anymore.”

— Seth Godin

333. “The desire to fail on the way to reaching a bigger goal is the untold secret of success.”

— Seth Godin

334. “I think if you’re remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn’t have a resume at all.”

— Seth Godin

335. “The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it’s allowed is silos of interest.”

— Seth Godin

336. “Remarkable work often comes from making choices when everyone else feels as though there is no choice.”

— Seth Godin

337. “Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.”

— Seth Godin

338. “What will make someone a linchpin is not a shortcut. It’s the understanding of which hard work is worth doing. The only thing that separates great artists from mediocre ones is their ability to push through the dip.”

— Seth Godin

339. “Competence is no longer scarce.”

— Seth Godin

340. “If you’re different somehow and have made yourself unique, people will find you and pay you more.”

— Seth Godin

341. “Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.”

— Seth Godin

342. “Your tactics can make a difference, but your strategy – your commitment to a way of being and a story to be told and a promise to be made – can change everything.”

— Seth Godin

343. “The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build a permission asset, build a blog, build a following, build credibility and build the connections you’ll need later.”

— Seth Godin

344. “Mass attention is almost unattainable and it’s not clear that you want it.”

— Seth Godin

345. “It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.”

— Seth Godin

346. “I don’t think there’s a shortage of remarkable ideas. I think your business has plenty of great opportunities to do great things. Nope, what’s missing isn’t the ideas. It’s the will to execute them.”

— Seth Godin

347. “People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!”

— Seth Godin

348. “The Dip is the long stretch between beginner’s luck and real accomplishment. The Dip is the set of artificial screens set up to keep people like you out.”

— Seth Godin

349. “Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you’re just a middleman.”

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350. “To be a superstar, you must do something exceptional. Not just survive the Dip, but use the Dip as an opportunity to create something so extraordinary that people can’t help but talk about it, recommend it, and, yes, choose it.”

— Seth Godin