Seth Godin Quotes

Most popular Seth Godin Quotes

People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves. What leaders do: they give people stories they can tell themselves. Stories about the future and about change. - Seth Godin quote.
People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves. What leaders do: they give people stories they can tell themselves. Stories about the future and about change.
— Seth Godin Tribes

leadership human nature persuasion

Marketing is a contest for people's attention. - Seth Godin quote.
Marketing is a contest for people's attention.
— Seth Godin Fast Company

marketing

If it scares you it might be a good thing to try. - Seth Godin quote.
If it scares you it might be a good thing to try.
— Seth Godin
The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth. - Seth Godin quote.
The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

management business

I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance. - Seth Godin quote.
I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.
— Seth Godin Poke the Box

failure anxiety

What They Should Teach in School: Only two things: 1. Solve interesting problems. 2. Lead. - Seth Godin quote.
What They Should Teach in School: Only two things: 1. Solve interesting problems. 2. Lead.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

education

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow. - Seth Godin quote.
The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
— Seth Godin Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

leadership

Be remarkable. Be generous. Create art. Make judgment calls. Connect people and ideas . . . and we have no choice but to reward you. - Seth Godin quote.
Be remarkable. Be generous. Create art. Make judgment calls. Connect people and ideas . . . and we have no choice but to reward you.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

career

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally. - Seth Godin quote.
An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

artists

We're extremely adroit at hiding our fear. Most of our lives in public are spent papering over, rationalizing, and otherwise denying our fear. - Seth Godin quote.
We're extremely adroit at hiding our fear. Most of our lives in public are spent papering over, rationalizing, and otherwise denying our fear.
— Seth Godin Poke the Box

fear

Those are the only two choices. Win by being more ordinary, more standard, and cheaper. Or win by being faster, more remarkable, and more human. - Seth Godin quote.
Those are the only two choices. Win by being more ordinary, more standard, and cheaper. Or win by being faster, more remarkable, and more human.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

business

Depth of knowledge combined with good judgment is worth a lot. Depth of knowledge combined with diagnostic skills or nuanced insight is worth a lot, too. - Seth Godin quote.
Depth of knowledge combined with good judgment is worth a lot. Depth of knowledge combined with diagnostic skills or nuanced insight is worth a lot, too.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. An artist is an individual who creates art. The more people you change, the more you change them, the more effective your art is. - Seth Godin quote.
Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. An artist is an individual who creates art. The more people you change, the more you change them, the more effective your art is.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

art artists

Marketing used to be about advertising, and advertising is expensive. Today, marketing is about engaging with the tribe and delivering products and services with stories that spread. - Seth Godin quote.
Marketing used to be about advertising, and advertising is expensive. Today, marketing is about engaging with the tribe and delivering products and services with stories that spread.
— Seth Godin Tribes

marketing

The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about. - Seth Godin quote.
The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

career

Finding security in mediocrity is an exhausting process....  You're always looking over your shoulder, always trying to be a little less mediocre than the guy next to you. It wears you out. - Seth Godin quote.
Finding security in mediocrity is an exhausting process....  You're always looking over your shoulder, always trying to be a little less mediocre than the guy next to you. It wears you out.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

mediocrity

The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work at 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. - Seth Godin quote.
The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work at 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.
— Seth Godin The Library Book

libraries

The linchpin feels the fear, acknowledges it, then proceeds. I can't tell you how to do this; I think the answer is different for everyone. What I can tell you is that in today's economy, doing it is a prerequisite for success. - Seth Godin quote.
The linchpin feels the fear, acknowledges it, then proceeds. I can't tell you how to do this; I think the answer is different for everyone. What I can tell you is that in today's economy, doing it is a prerequisite for success.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
The law of linchpin leverage: The more value you create in your job, the fewer clock minutes of labor you actually spend creating that value. In other words, most of the time, you're not being brilliant. Most of the time, you do stuff that ordinary people could do. - Seth Godin quote.
The law of linchpin leverage: The more value you create in your job, the fewer clock minutes of labor you actually spend creating that value. In other words, most of the time, you're not being brilliant. Most of the time, you do stuff that ordinary people could do.
— Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

career

A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate. - Seth Godin quote.
A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.