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
choices mediocrity settling
You don't have to settle. It's a choice you get to make every day.
waiting mediocrity bars
You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless.
ideas execution great-idea
There's no shortage of great ideas. There's a shortage of execution.
teacher art book
The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.
winning ideas people
People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.
what-if trying stronger
But what if I fail? You will. A better question might be, ‘after I fail, what then?’ If you’ve chosen well, after you fail you will be one step closer to succeeding, you will be wiser and stronger and you almost certainly will be more respected by all of those that are afraid to try.
moving opportunity goal
The goal of a marketing interaction isn't to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
business opportunity goal
Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.
technology people figures
Figure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.
struggle differences making-a-difference
One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you're in the room... Another is to be the sort of person who is missed when you're not. The first involves making noise. The second involves making a difference.
successful two elements
Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
way fool screw-ups
The way you make something happen is to do something that a fool could screw up.
jobs opportunity people
Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, more able to get where they'd like to go. Every time we waste that opportunity, every page or sentence that doesn't do enough to advance the cause is waste.
jobs promise delight
Your drudgery is another person's delight. It's only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.