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
art stars powerful
Great innovations, powerful interactions and real art are often produced by someone in a state of wonder. Looking around with stars in your eyes and amazement at the tools that are available to you can inspire generosity and creativity and connection
mean important doe
Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.
years nine different
Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
hurt art willingness-to-learn
Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
believe worry anxiety
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.
leader want ifs
If you want to be a leader, go lead
artist accomplish-your-goals differences
The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference, the first thing you do should be to lay tracks to accomplish your goals, not to hear how others have reacted/ responded/ insisted to what happened yesterday.
matter succeed
The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?
winning race might
The problem with the race to the bottom is that you might win
decision get-better way
Make more decisions. That's the only way to get better at it.
running path
The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing
people done problem
The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who are loud and angry.
successful effort shortcuts
Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.
believe long may
Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.