Seth Godin Quotes

The Dip is the long stretch between beginner’s luck and real accomplishment.

If you’re remarkable, it’s likely that some people won’t
like you. That’s part of the definition of remarkable.
Nobody gets unanimous praise–ever. The best the timid
can hope for is to be unnoticed. Criticism comes to those
who stand out.

The market ... demands a signal from you that you're serious, powerful, accepted, and safe.

The current (educational) structure, which seeks low-cost uniformity that meets minimum standards, is killing our economy, our culture, and us.

It’s human nature to quit when it hurts. But it’s that reflex that creates scarcity.

All marketers are storytellers. Only the losers are liars.

The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security.

The mass market is dying. There is no longer one best song or one best kind of coffee. Now there are a million micromarkets, but each micromarket still has a best.

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.

It's war that makes generals

A genius looks at something that others are stuck on and gets the world unstuck.
So the question is: Have you ever done that?

"The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes"

Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.

The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.