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When you need Seth Godin's lens on Success, this is your reference library. Every quote is sourced and contextualized, giving you immediate access to their best thinking on the subject. Use this collection to inform decisions, challenge assumptions, or find clarity when Success becomes complex. Seth Godin's approach offers practical frameworks that ambitious professionals can apply without translation.
"Your job is to find the work that is worth the struggle. If it’s not hard, everyone would do it."
"You are not your resume, you are your work."
"The dip is the long slog between starting and mastery. A long slog that’s actually a shortcut, because it screens out those who are not focused."
"Quit the wrong stuff. Stick with the right stuff. Have the guts to do one or the other."
"Success is the result of a series of failures that you learned from."
"Successful planning requires an honest assessment of the dip."
"Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations."
"True efficiency is finding the shortest path to making a difference."
"Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is."
"The goal isn't to be the best in the world, it's to be the best for the world."
"The only way to be indispensable is to be different."
"The only way to get what you're worth is to be worth more than you're paid."
"The dip is the secret to your success. Having the confidence to quit the wrong things is essential."
"The best way to get what you want is to help other people get what they want."
"If you want to increase your wealth, increase the number of people who would miss you if you were gone."
"Quit the things that don't matter so you can focus on the one thing that does. Being a 'well-rounded' failure is a choice."
"Strategic quitting is the secret of successful people. It is the most efficient way to allocate your limited resources."
"It’s efficient to be a cog, but it’s not rewarding. And in the long run, cogs are easily replaced."
"Your network is an asset that pays dividends every day."
"Strategic quitting is a form of planning."
"Success is the ability to solve more interesting problems."
"Quitting is better than slogging through a dead end."
"The Dip is the secret to success. Knowing when to quit the wrong things and double down on the right ones."
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