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
data information
Data is not useful until it becomes information.
stories databases facts
Your positions on EVERYTHING are based on the story you tell yourself and not some universal fact from the universal fact database.
data easy expertise
It's easy to pretend expertise when there's no data to contradict you.
data iphone doing-your-best
If you're working with a spreadsheet or a thread of correspondence or a set of data, I'm not sure you're doing your best work if you're doing it on an iPhone.
workout data decision
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.
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.
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The ability to change fast is the single most important asset in a world that's changing fast.
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to click on a link or buy online.
blogs exist plenty room
I think there's plenty of room for blogs that exist to pay the blogger, or blogs that exist to turn a profit. That's just not the kind of blog I'm writing, and I'm not the kind of blogger that could do that.
age flies innovate notion
This notion that it is up to each person to innovate in some way flies in the face of the industrial age, but you know what, the industrial age is over.
limited proof publishers resources shelf work
Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something is going to work.
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When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.
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The Net is not television. It is the finest direct-marketing mechanism in the history of mankind. It is direct mail with free stamps, and it allows you to create richer and deeper relationships than you've ever been able to create before.
dream circles outcomes
Who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle.