Seth Godin is an American author and former dot com business executive.
Be with the ones you love (and the ones that love you. ) Ignore everyone else.
Facts are irrelevant. What matters is what the consumer believes.
It's easy to be afraid of taking a plunge, because, after all, plunging is dangerous. And the fear is a safe way to do nothing at all. Wading, on the other hand, gets under the radar. It gives you a chance to begin.
It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling.
Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations
Anticipated, personal, and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.
We're going to spend our entire future living in tomorrow-investing now, when it's difficult, is the single best moment.
Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.
School is at its best when it gives students the expectation that they will not only dream big, but dream dreams that they can work on every day until they accomplish them-not because they were chosen by a black-box process, but because they worked hard enough to reach them.
Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.
I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.
By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.
Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.
Don't try to be the 'next'. Instead, try to be the other, the changer, the new.
We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate.
Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.
Most people with a big idea, great talent andor something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.
Competence is the enemy of change!
I have something to say. I know how to do something. I’m doing it. If you want me to do it with you, raise your hand.
Don't have any meetings about your web strategy. Just do stuff. First you have to fail, then you can improve.