"You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist."
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Seth Godin quotes (page 8 of 46)
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"Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is."
"Positive thinking is hard. Worth it, though."
"Your drudgery is another person's delight. It's only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing."
"Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't."
"Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist."
"Effort is its own reward if you allow it to be."
"If failure is not an option, neither is success. Innovation is just repeated failure till you come up with something that works."
"Whining isn't a scalable solution."
"Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules."
"The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying."
"We fail when we give up too soon."
"If I fail more than you do, I win."
"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."
"The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are."
"Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, more able to get where they'd like to go. Every time we waste that opportunity, every page or sentence that doesn't do enough to advance the cause is waste."
"The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know."
"Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can."
"People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!"
"Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does."