Seth Godin
Seth Godin
Seth Godinis an American author, entrepreneur, marketer, and public speaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth10 July 1960
CityMount Vernon, NY
CountryUnited States of America
mean focus difficult
Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.
hero discovery two
How often do our heroes stand still? It's hard to imagine Spock and Kirk landing on a planet and just relaxing for a month or two. Just hanging out has nothing to do with boldly going where no one has gone before. What makes us different from every other creature is that we go places, places we've not gone before. We do it willingly, and often. What makes our work and our life interesting is discovery, surprise, and the risk of exploration.
motivational sports winning
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.
believe unhappy unhappiness
If you believe that a given situation should make you unhappy, then it will, and the unhappiness will then reinforce the condition.
nature reality expectations
Basically you create your experience through your beliefs about yourself and the nature of reality. Another way to understand this is to realize that you create your experiences through your expectations.
genuine remarkable connecting
Be genuine. Be remarkable. Be worth connecting with.
asking-why proud ships
Sign your work...If you're not proud of it, don't ship it. If you are, sign your work and own the results. We'll know who to thank. If you work for a place where work goes unsigned (internally, in particular) it's worth asking why.
successful people failing
Successful people fail often, and, worth noting, learn more from that failure than everyone else.
Listen to your fear but don't obey it.
jobs important stranger
Turn strangers into friends. Turn friends into donors. And then do the most important job: Turn your donors into fundraisers.
jobs heart artist
A business owner is the boss, but it's a job, a place that is stable and profitable. An entrepreneur is an artist of sorts, throwing his/herself into impossible situations and seeking out problems that require heart and guts to solve. Both are fine, but choose.
media organization events
The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations: It’s a process, not an event.
way path wrong-path
The way to get unstuck is to start down the wrong path, right now.
garden careers personality
Great projects, like great careers and relationships that last, are gardens. They are tended, they shift, they grow. They endure over time, gaining a personality and reflecting their environment. When something dies or fades away, we prune, replant and grow again.