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
favors paid
The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we'll ever get paid back appropriately.
adding-value values
Not adding value is the same as taking it away.
running long important
In the long run, doing work that's important leads to more happiness than doing work that's merely profitable.
listening questioning ifs
If it's worth listening to, it's worth questioning until you understand it.
believe risk want
The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.
book writing years
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.
way very-good grows
The only way to consistently grow in B2B is to be better than very good.
responsibility people taking-responsibility
People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!
attention bigs can-do
A big part of doing your work is defending your time and your attention so you can do your work.
art decision looking-forward
The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist.
great-work uncomfortable
As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.
people mind-your-own-business gigs
People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
different
Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
long why-not mediocrity
'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?