Quote

The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.

Seth Godin

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Seth Godin
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: July 10
Author
Blogger
Computer Scientist
Economist
Entrepreneur
Writer
Mount Vernon
New York
Ideas
Announcement
Announcements
Ten
Danger
Minutes
Public
Idea

More quotes by Seth Godin

Image
Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our effort to imagine every possible way to avoid the outcome that is causing us fear, and failing that, to survive the thing that we fear if it comes to fruition.
Seth Godin
Image
As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.
Seth Godin
Image
It takes three years to be an overnight success, sometimes more.
Seth Godin
Image
Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.
Seth Godin
Image
Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.
Seth Godin
Image
I have something to say. I know how to do something. I’m doing it. If you want me to do it with you, raise your hand.
Seth Godin
Image
Art changes posture and posture changes innocent bystanders.
Seth Godin
Image
You can't win by being more average than average.
Seth Godin
Image
Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed. They want to be missed the day they don't show up. They want to be missed when they're gone.
Seth Godin
Image
In other words, If you don't take action, you won't get any results You are not your resume, you are your work
Seth Godin
Image
And in a world where we have too many choices and too little time, the obvious thing to do is just ignore stuff. And my parable here is, you're driving down the road and you see a cow, and you keep driving 'cause you've seen cows before. Cows are invisible. Cows are boring. Who's going to stop and pull over and say, oh, look, a cow? Nobody.
Seth Godin
Image
We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate.
Seth Godin
Image
Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.
Seth Godin
Image
If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.
Seth Godin
Image
The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.
Seth Godin
Image
It's easy to pretend expertise when there's no data to contradict you.
Seth Godin
Image
The first step to getting good is admitting that you aren't (yet).
Seth Godin
Image
Here's the fascinating part, call it the golden shoulder: We have no idea in advance who the great contributors are going to be. We know that there's a huge cohort of people struggling outside the boundaries of the curated, selected few, but we don't know who they are.
Seth Godin
Image
Think big. Start small.
Seth Godin
Image
Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it's a lot easier to launch work that matters.
Seth Godin