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
way genius problem
Genius is the act of solving a problem in a way no one has solved it before.
obscurity problem piracy
Piracy is not the problem, obscurity is.
expression action problem
The problem with words is that they easily lose their meaning. Say something often enough and it becomes a tic, not an expression of how you actually feel. Not only that, but words rarely change things. Actions do.
hands problem grudge
The problem with holding a grudge is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else.
done tables problem
The problem with taking offense is that it's really hard to figure out what to do with it after you're done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.
people done problem
The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who are loud and angry.
real goal problem
My problem with the search for the badge of real is that it trades your goals and your happiness for someone else's.
ability asset change changing fast single
The ability to change fast is the single most important asset in a world that's changing fast.
buy click link
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.
actively fraction global helps people tiny
When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.
create deeper direct finest history mail mechanism net relationships richer
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.