Seth Godin on Work Quotes

"If you are not failing, you're not trying hard enough."

"The resistance is a voice in your head telling you to use a compass, not a map."

"Everything that is worth doing is worth doing poorly at first."

"Shipping, because it has a deadline, because it is public, because it can fail, is the only way we know we’re actually doing work."

"The work isn't the work unless it can fail."

"If you can't state your position in eight words, you don't have a position."

"You don't need more time in your day. You need more decide in your day."

"Management is about power; leadership is about authority."

"Compliance is for the average. The remarkable is for those who dare to be different."

"Marketing is the act of helping people solve a problem."

"Wait for the muse is a trap. The work is the muse."

"Transferring your passion to someone else is the essence of what we do for a living."

"The dip is the secret to success."

"The only way to get what you're worth is to be worth more than you're paid."

"Better to be the one who smiled than the one who didn't smile back."

"If you’re not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it’s almost certain you’re not reaching your potential as a leader."

"Emotional labor is the work of doing what we don’t feel like doing."

"Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from."

"Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them."

"Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers."

"The problem is that our culture has confused 'working hard' with 'doing the hard work'."

"The only way to be indispensable is to be different."

"Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does."

"An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo."

"The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing."

"A genius is the one is most like himself."

"The best way to get your work done is to start."

"The goal isn't to be the best in the world, it's to be the best for the world."

"The best way to be creative is to have a routine. You don't have to think about when to work; you just work."

"The job is not to do what you're told. The job is to figure out what to do next."

"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."

"Doing the work is the only way to get the work done."