Seth Godin quotes - page 4

As soon as we associate reading with a test, we've missed the point. (Seth Godin)
Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more. View quote
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The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about. View quote
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No one knows more about the way you think than you do. View quote
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It's clearly more fun to make the rules than to follow them. View quote
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The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest. View quote
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Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can't see it. View quote
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That's your opportunity - to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing. View quote
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The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know. View quote
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Dig your well before you're thirsty. View quote
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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)
We need students who can learn how to learn, who can discover how to push themselves and are generous enough and honest enough to engage with the outside world to make those dreams happen. View quote
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We do not need to teach students to embrace the status quo. View quote
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When your art fails, make better art. View quote
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Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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...the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace. View quote
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Not only must you be an artist, must you be generous, and must you be able to see where you can help but you must also be aware. Aware of where your skills are welcomed. View quote
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Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map. View quote
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The competitive advantages the marketplace demands is someone more human, connected, and mature. Someone with passion and energy, capable of seeing things as they are and negotiating multiple priorities as she makes useful decisions without angst. Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you. (Seth Godin)
Art isn't only a painting; it's anything that changes someone for the better, any nonanonymous interaction that leads to a human (not simply a commercial) conclusion. View quote
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The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability. View quote
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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. View quote
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I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction. View quote
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