Seth Godin Quotes About Motivational
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The value we create is directly related to how much valuable information we can produce, how much trust we can earn, and how often we innovate.
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There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them.
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The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth realizing that this is part of the deal, the price you pay for being good in the long run. Every rejection is a gift. A chance to learn and to do it better next time. An opportunity to figure out how to bounce, not break. Don't waste them.
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In nearly every case, trying to lead everyone results in leading no one in particular.
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Don't fix me; Love me for what's broken.
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It's not an accident that successful people read more books.
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Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.
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If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped by the instructions of those you've chosen to follow. Twenty people in the field and eighty thousand in the stands. The spectators are the ones who paid to watch, but it's the player on the field who are truly alive.
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The YouTube video maker gets more out of making a video than you get out of watching it.
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It turns out that the people who like their jobs the most are also the ones who are doing the best work, making the greatest impact, and changing the most.
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One theory says that if you treat people well, you're more likely to encourage them to do what you want, making all the effort pay off. Do this, get that. Another one, which I prefer, is that you might consider treating people with kindness merely because you can. Regardless of what they choose to do in response, this is what you choose to do. Because you can.
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What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do for a living is ship.
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You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.
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The notion that I do my work here, now, like this, even when I do not feel like it, and especially when I do not feel like it, is very important. Because lots and lots of people are creative when they feel like it, but you are only going to become a professional if you do it when you don't feel like it. And that emotional waiver is why this is your work and not your hobby.
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Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.
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Emotions are far more contagious than any disease. A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster than any virus ever could. When you walk into the office or a negotiation, then, wash your bad mood away before you see us. Don't cough on us, don't sneeze on us, sure, but don't bring your grouchiness, your skepticism or your fear in here either. It might spread.
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You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
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Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.
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In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for.
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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.
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The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.
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Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important.
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Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say.
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The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way.
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All motivation is self-motivation. Your family, your boss, or your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide what to accomplish, nothing will happen.
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Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.
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You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.
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The rest of the world isn't nearly as important as the few who are here.
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Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things happen) is much more satisfying then just getting a paycheck and waiting to get fired (or die).
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The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.
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