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
opportunity thinking ideas
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.
mistake organization fire
In general, organizations are afraid to fire customers, no matter how unreasonable. This is a mistake. It's good for you.
anything-worth-doing
Just about anything worth doing is worth doing better.
magic littles way
Following the well-lit path, offers little in the way of magic.
way working-it refuse
One way to work the system is to work the system. The other way is to refuse to work it.
art might connections
Art is a human act, a generous contribution, something that might not work, and it is intended to change the recipient for the better, often causing a connection to happen.
journey noise matter
Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise.
brave devil needs
The devil doesn't need an advocate. The brave need supporters, not critics
ifs
If failure isn't an option, then success isn't either. Success is just failure repeated until it works.
falling-in-love struggle organization
I find that it's almost essential to fall in love with an idea to invest the time it takes to make it good and worth sharing. And then, the hard part: deleting that idea when it's just not what it could be. Too often, organizations are good at the first part, but struggle with the second. And so we defend expired business models, support the status quo and have a knee-jerk inclination to preserve what we've got.
ideas answers come-up
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.
dip achieve
Anything worth achieving in life has a dip
differences making-a-difference criticism
We are too focused on avoiding criticism and not enough on making a difference.
art winning advice
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.