Seth Godin on Work Quotes

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

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

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

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

"In a world of infinite choice, the most important thing is to be missed if you're gone."

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

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

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

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

"The dip is the secret to success."

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

"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."

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

"If you are deliberate, if you are a linchpin, if you are an artist, you will find that you have more power than you ever imagined."

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

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

"Success is the result of a series of failures that you learned from."

"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."

"Quit the wrong stuff. Stick with the right stuff. Have the guts to do one or the other."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

"If you want to be more productive, you have to be less busy."

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