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
Seth Godin quotes about
- shame
- accepted
- competence
- scarce
- somewhere-else
- choices
- proud
- great-work
- results
- tension
- curves
- learning-curve
- activity
- anything-worth-doing
- resistance
- avoided
- niche
- ifs
- marketing
- definitions
- advertising
- failure-is-not-an-option
- want
- messages
- legends
- wonder
- following-instructions
- overrated
- relatable
- microphones
doing-what-you-love loving-what-you-do important
Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.
business challenges blogging
The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.
people want figures
I hope I'm better looking than Yoda, but - I'm really interested in people who have something to say, a change they want to make and can't figure out why they can't make it spread.
motivational opportunity winning
Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.
technology people figures
Figure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.
unique differences cogs
There's a huge difference between being a replaceable cog on the assembly line and being the one who is missed, the one with a unique contribution, the one who made a difference.
mirrors epidemiology elements
We're better in the rearview mirror than we are at predicting - 'cause you're never going to be right every time. You can handicap it. You can point to certain elements that make it work, and many of those elements come straight out of epidemiology, right?
encouraging persistence ideas
Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or 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.
beautiful brave culture
Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money.
marketing stories marketers
Good marketers tell a story.
marketing busy invisible
In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.
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.
leader als world
Transformation al leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead.
pay-the-price people kind
You have to pay the price to be in the right place at the right time often enough that people tend to see you as the regular kind.