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
perfect revolution impossible
The nature of revolutions is that they destroy the perfect and enable the impossible.
stars book perfect
Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have all gotten a one-star review along the way. No brand is perfect, no individual can pretend to be either. Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.
perfection might matter
As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.
mean perfection promise
Quality is not an absolute measure. It doesn't mean 'deluxeness' or 'perfection'. It means keeping the promise the customer wants you to make.
believe opposites perfect
The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.
running reality perfect
If you set your bar at 'amazing' it's awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn't going to be amazing. Your tenth one might not be either. Confronted with the gap between your vision of perfect and the reality of what you've created, the easiest path is no path. Shrug. Admit defeat. Hit delete. One more reason to follow someone else and wait for instructions. Of course, the only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing. But not-yet-amazing is a great place to start, because that's where you are.
goal perfect definitions
If you don't like your definition of 'good enough', then feel free to change that, but the goal before shipping is merely that. Not perfect.
business acceptance perfect
Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it's a lot easier to launch work that matters.
humor perfection generosity
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
perfect goal important
Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.
perfect definitions revolution
The definition of a revolution: it destroys the perfect and enables the impossible.
wise business perfect-one
Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.
ability asset change changing fast single
The ability to change fast is the single most important asset in a world that's changing fast.
wonder
What Wonder understood, that Otto did not, is that if your idea spreads, you win,