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
blow years wind
Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year of not doing it right, I could talk to people and get them to sit up straight, take different kinds of chances, to breathe differently, to engage in the moment in the boat. And I changed them, and I changed me in the process.
mind-blowing action results
In other words, If you don't take action, you won't get any results You are not your resume, you are your work
motivational success blow
A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there's the comfortable alternative instead? The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.
pressure blowing-it loses
Success brings with it the fear of blowing it. With more to lose, there's more pressure not to lose it.
dream circles outcomes
Who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle.
inspirational running goal
Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.
ability asset change changing fast single
The ability to change fast is the single most important asset in a world that's changing fast.
former people yoga
We've had people who were yoga instructors. ... We have a former marine, and we have everything in between,
america base build delivery game games home magazine newspaper people playing popular relationship similar tv
The most popular TV show in America is a game show, ... People have been playing our games for years and are playing more and more games. The relationship they build is similar to a magazine that has a subscription base or a newspaper with home delivery customers.
gorilla offense online people walks
No offense intended...Most people online are gorillas. When a gorilla walks into an experiment, what they say is 'What do I do now? Where's the banana?'
blogs exist plenty room
I think there's plenty of room for blogs that exist to pay the blogger, or blogs that exist to turn a profit. That's just not the kind of blog I'm writing, and I'm not the kind of blogger that could do that.
age flies innovate notion
This notion that it is up to each person to innovate in some way flies in the face of the industrial age, but you know what, the industrial age is over.
We're not going to outgrow our need for information.
limited proof publishers resources shelf work
Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something is going to work.