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
data information
Data is not useful until it becomes information.
stories databases facts
Your positions on EVERYTHING are based on the story you tell yourself and not some universal fact from the universal fact database.
data easy expertise
It's easy to pretend expertise when there's no data to contradict you.
data iphone doing-your-best
If you're working with a spreadsheet or a thread of correspondence or a set of data, I'm not sure you're doing your best work if you're doing it on an iPhone.
workout data decision
Don't measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. If you're not prepared to change your diet or your workouts, don't get on the scale.
teacher data clerks
The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work in a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.
buy click link
to click on a link or buy online.
former people yoga
We've had people who were yoga instructors. ... We have a former marine, and we have everything in between,
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?'
ability asset change changing fast single
The ability to change fast is the single most important asset in a world that's changing fast.
dime lens million nickel penny seem until
If a lens makes a penny or a nickel or a dime a day, it doesn't seem like much until there's a million of them.
company control
Give up control and give it away, ... The more you give your idea away, the more your company is going to be worth.
wonder
What Wonder understood, that Otto did not, is that if your idea spreads, you win,
business exception information people spread super timely valuable
The thing about information is that information is more valuable when people know it. There's an exception for business information and super timely information, but in all other cases, ideas that spread win.