If you want to go directly to the Seth Godin Quotes, scroll on down to that heading. However, you may first enjoy perusing these introductory comments for context and embellishment.
More than a marketing genius, Seth Godin is a deep thinker and visionary leader and champion for creator and creativity. Scroll through these quotes by Seth Godin to reinforce your creative aspirations. You may also wish to bookmark it to return to for a daily dose of creativity, fortification and inspiration.
A Masterful Teacher
In trying to identify the shortest but most accurately descriptive byline to add to the tribute for these Seth Godin quotes, I kept wanting to use ‘teacher’, but with a capital “T”, as in Teacher. Or with the added phrase of ”Master Teacher”, or “Yoda’.
In the east a master teacher is called guru, yet these days, that term is overused and thus diffused.
Yet Seth is indeed a masterful teacher and a visionary leader, consistently, in all that he puts out there, from his books to his keynotes to his uniquely alternative courses, such as the Alt MBA. He has a gift for personalizing objectivity into powerful messages, as if he’s speaking directly to each creator personally.
Seth rarely shares personal information, unless as stories to illustrate a point, yet he magnetically connects with so many. You don’t hear much about his personal life, and yet everyone experiences him as very personable.
“My work is to figure out how to share emotions and stories with people that turn lights on for them. And the part of it that scares me is wasting the privilege… wasting the leverage… the opportunity.”
SOURCE: on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
But before we get to the quotes, sharing next, how amazing it was to be able to spend a day with Seth along with 11 other entrepreneurs.
My Day with Seth Godin
Seth Godin is the real deal, as genuine in person as he is on stage, AND practicing what he teaches: bringing artistry to whatever he does.
There we were, all 12 serious entrepreneurs with bright eyes, ideas and aspirations, each at various stages of our journey.
And… surprise… Seth did more than treat us to lunch. He served us delicious, healthy, wholesome, organic food that he prepared, cooked and cleaned up himself, all while carrying on conversations with us.
The vegetarian lunch was scrumptious. And Seth also served us tea and nutritious, gluten-free wholegrain muffins and ambrosial cake made by his wife — Helene’s — highly successful gluten free bakery (with one location) across the street, called, By the Way Bakery, featuring gluten free, kosher and vegan bakery. Addicting! I’m glad I don’t live nearby for the temptation would be great!
You can read more about Seth Godin’s wife — Helene Godin’s story and ventures in this article.
Fire Alarm Fun!
Then there was a priceless moment… made all the more remarkable due to the stoicism with which Seth handled all the chaos.
As Seth was chatting with us while sautéing onions, the smoke alarm screeched awake. It went on for some time while we scurried to find a way to reach to the high ceiling to reset it. But then fire trucks came roaring up the street and next thing they were at Seth’s door.
Now we had the smoke alarm, firetruck sirens, firemen banging on the door. Then, the questions of the firemen, explanations and confusion, and people talking trying to resolve the problems all at once.
Now, you’ve got 12 entrepreneurs, and several firemen chiding him for not calling to inform them that it was a false alarm. Meanwhile, Seth is slicing avocados in the middle of all this while continuing our meeting conversations in between speaking with the firemen. It was all memorably endearing, and this… this was Seth.
Seth Cleans Too
When it came time to clean up after the meal, once again, Seth was right there in the kitchen hard at it, but with ease and grace. I’ve never seen anyone load a dishwasher quite like him… quite the “bachelor” approach there, relative to putting anything and everything into the dishwasher with no concern for matching size and shape. True to form, Seth adeptly fit the proverbial round pegs into square holes and vice versa!
Then… Seth Made Me Cry
When he told us the hard things…things we came for but maybe hoped we wouldn’t hear, it was hard. Seth coaches with direct, benevolent honesty. He won’t cater to your ego to protect his. He will push you to dig deep and to ship…to be more of who you can be and share that with the world. Because the world needs you and your unique brand of creativity.
Seth didn’t say anything mean at all. Rather, he gently revealed the truth I was afraid to hear regarding a business that I was there to try to learn to grow. Bottom line, the idea was too costly to make, and had an inevitably receding future due rapidly changing technology.
Entrepreneurs have to learn when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em. And it’s never easy.
The Yoda for Creators
I’m not a starry-eyed celebrity fan girl or faithful disciple of any guru. No thanks. Been there, done that. But I am as passionate about lifelong learning and growth as I am about creativity and mindset. These are all key elements to a well balanced dynamic life.
There are numerous prominent global thought leaders from varied backgrounds, whose wisdom and knowledge I value and regularly study. Generally, they’re rebels and out of the box thinkers. As you might imagine, Seth Godin is definitely at the top of the box… outside of it actually, regularly calling to those stuck inside, to come out and ‘Poke the Box’.
Seth Godin’s work is the “get out of jail” card for ordinary.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Seth Godin’s Legacy
The Purple Cow of now (Purple Cow is the title of one of his most popular books), Seth knows a lot, says a lot, shares a lot and contributes so much to bridge business and art, and the artistry of business.
Seth Godin humanizes business by restoring it to what it used to be: up close and personal, through creating, caring and sharing. You know… a restoration of the human connection, good human relations and doing the right thing, all with a creative flair.
Seth won’t toss us the life ring, or a coattail. He tells us where and how to find our own (hint: Tribes!).
Seth reminds us that failures is necessary toward bringing us closer to success. In fact, failure inevitably precedes success.
Seth Godin teaches from his own journey of being different even when it wasn’t popular. He stands up, stands out, takes chances, and ships and he’s beseeching us to do the same.
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder – iCreateDaily.com®
Seth is Weird
Yes, Seth is weird. Consider that weird may be good because, well, when did we decide it wasn’t? Seth says ‘We Are All Weird’, and makes a case for weird as the new norm in his book by that title. Yep… he wrote a book about it, done very creatively, of course!
Beginning in grade school, we learned quickly that anything or anyone that was different, was weird. We learned quickly how to stifle our creativity. Instead, we learned to look around to see what others were doing to know what we were supposed to do and how we were supposed to be.
The problem with that is that everyone is looking around, so, then who do we become..? Shadows of ourselves playing out on the walls of Plato’s cave. Clones of cloaked authenticity and derivatives of mediocrity.
Seth is a Linchpin
Seth is an oft quoted linchpin of business for this era, and he’s already a legend, sure to live beyond it. If you run a business, get his book, Linchpin, for yourself and every employee.
When it comes to physical exercise, we know that pushing through the discomfort is what builds stronger, healthier bodies. It’s the same for emotional and mental health. When we push beyond our comfort zone we grow. If we recoil from discomfort, our parameters of growth shrink and atrophy just like unused muscles.
Seth would say, do your work, ship it, and if it fails, recover and ship again. You can read more about Seth’s “Ship It” concept here.
Tribute to Seth Godin, Visionary Leader of Creators
Seth is a visionary leader, encourager and champion of creators.This is not a promotional letter for Seth. Rather, it is a tribute to him for calling us all out to play bigger, better and bolder. I hope this and the following Seth Godin quotes encourage you to unleash your brilliance in the world and encourage you to practice your art daily, and Ship It!
About This Quotes List
Quotes here are listed alphabetically by key concept. Some are posted under more than one subject heading to facilitate finding what’s relevant for your interest today. We hope you find lots to fuel your creative spirit.
Seth Godin Quotes
Anxiety Quotes
“Anxiety, is experiencing failure in advance.”
~Seth Godin, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Art and Artists Quotes by Seth Godin
Art is a tool that gives us the ability to make things better, and to create something new on behalf of those who will create the next thing.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“You know who doesn’t hold back? Artists.”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Art… a human being doing something that might not work, that connects us and draws us closer.”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.”
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Art is not in the …eye of the beholder. It’s in the soul of the artist.”
~Seth Godin, founder-AltMBA, author, b.6/10/1960
“What artists do—in addition to changing people—is they give gifts.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin, Linchpin Keynote
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“When an artist realizes they have abundance, that they’re not going to run out of ideas, that they’re not going to run out of smiles. What people who make art realize is that the more they give away, the more they touch people and change people, the better they do.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin, Linchpin Keynote
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“When we’re doing art, we say, ‘How can I do more?’ When we’re doing work, we say, ‘How can I do less?'”
SOURCE: on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
DO THE WORK:
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Make art
Give gifts
Connect
Lead
Ship
Make a difference
Do work that matters
SOURCE: Seth Godin, Linchpin Keynote
Attitude Quotes by Seth Godin
Attitudes are skills, which is good news for all of us, because it means that if we care enough, we can learn.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Belief Quotes by Seth Godin
“We believe what we want to believe in, and once we believe something, it becomes a self-fulfilling truth.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Change and Seth Godin Quotes
“What is your best work for?
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
What it’s for is to make change happen.
That’s our best work… to change people.”
~Seth Godin, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
What artists do — in addition to changing people — is they give gifts.
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.”
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Our work exists to change the recipient for the better. That’s at the core of the practice.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“If you can figure out how to become relentlessly generous, in a way that changes people around you for the better, in a way that benefits them without benefitting you in any visible way, and you get hooked on that, then the next thing you’re going to want to do is be even more generous.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin Interview – How to Dance with Fear
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
What artists do—in addition to changing people—is they give gifts.
SOURCE: Seth Godin, Linchpin Keynote
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Choice / Choose Quotes
EACH ONE LEADS TO MORE
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s blog post on 1/22/21
We can choose to commit to a recursive and infinite path that elegantly creates more of the same.
We can choose possibility.
We can choose connection.
We can choose optimism.
We can choose justice.
We can choose kindness.
We can choose resilience.
And we can decide to take responsibility.
Each leads to more of the same.
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Connection Quotes by Seth Godin
Human connection is exponential, it scales as we create it, weaving together culture and possibility where none used to exist.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Courage and Bravery Quotes by Seth Godin
“There is no shipwreck free journey… not if you want to do art, and that’s really good news because most people are afraid to get on that boat, and you are not.”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.”
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“The Italian phrase: Salto Mortale, the dangerous leap… the leap into the void… it’s the idea that we can throw ourselves off and grow wings on the way down. That that moment of leaping is exactly when we’re most alive.”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Creativity Quotes by Seth Godin
The 3 Foundations of Art: curiosity, generosity and connection.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s, The Practice
Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, founder-Alt MBA
“The enemy of fear, is creativity.”
~Seth Godin, author, founder Alt MBA
Create Daily Quotes by Seth Godin
“Build streaks. Do the work every single day. Blog daily, write daily, ship daily, show up daily. Find your streak and maintain it. Talk about your streaks to keep honest.
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Critics Quotes by Seth Godin
“Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Your work is never going to be good enough for everyone, but it’s already good enough for someone.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Discernment Quotes by Seth Godin
“The art of moving forward lies in understanding what to leave behind.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, founder-AltMBA, b.7/10/1960
Do the Work
Doing the work changes our story about the work.
SOURCE: Seth on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Why You’ve Been Lied to
~Seth Godin, founder-AltMBA author, teacher
“The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Dreams
Don’t talk about your dreams with people who want to protect you from heartache.
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
People who have the hubris to dream of something bigger, change the status quo.
SOURCE: Seth on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Why You’ve Been Lied to
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Education Quotes by Seth Godin
“Have you ever thought about the very simple question of, ‘What is school for?’ I don’t think we’re answering that question… I don’t even think that we’re asking that question.”
SOURCE: TED – Stop Stealing Dreams
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, founder Alt MBA, b.7/10/1960
“School taught us how to fit in because what they wanted us to do is to be compliant.”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, author, teacher, founder Alt MBA, b.7/10/1960
“Learning and education are not the same thing. Education is a top down coercion based system of compliance that was built by industrialists to get people to behave long enough to get a job.”
SOURCE: Aubrey Marcus podcast
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, founder Alt MBA, b.7/10/1960
“All it means if you get A’s is that you’re good at school. And you don’t get to do school after you’re done with school. The boss doesn’t say, ‘We’re going to have a test on Friday and I want you to regurgitate everything you learned for the last four weeks’. That’s not what happens.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, speaker, b.7/10/1960
WHAT SCHOOLS NEED TO TEACH:
SOURCE: Seth Godin, Linchpin Keynote
I think we need to teach our kids only two things in school:
1. To solve interesting problems.
2. To connect and lead and to stand up and say, ‘follow me’.
~Seth Godin, author, founder Alt MBA, b.7/10/1960
Education Quotes (continued)
[CITING from Malcolm Gladwell, or a book on Harvard]:
SOURCE: on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
“If you look at people who got into Harvard and went, and compare them to people who got into Harvard and didn’t go, both groups are equally happy and equally well off.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“The thing that mattered to most to me in college by far, is I co-founded with three other people, what became the largest student run business in America. We have 400 employees at a college with 4,000 students, and I started a new division every week… and that’s what I got out of the college more than anything.”
SOURCE: on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, founder Alt MBA, b.7/10/1960
“Sooner or later parents have to take responsibility for putting their kids into a system that is indebting them and teaching them to be cogs in an economy that doesn’t want cogs any more.”
Seth Godin on the Tim Ferriss podcast #253
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, founder Alt MBA, b.7/10/1960
“Learning is magical. It’s magical because if I know something and I give you that knowledge, I still have it. It’s magical because it multiplies.”
SOURCE: Seth’s Akimbo intro page
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, founder Alt MBA, b.7/10/1960
RELATED: Reasons not to go to college.
Empowerment Quotes by Seth Godin
Unfortunately, the economic structure we live in isn’t going to be easy for most people to fix, not in the short run. But what we can fix right now is how we respond or react to what’s happening right in front of us.
SOURCE: Impact Theory, 2018
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Liberate yourself from the need to be right.”
~Seth Godin, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
If you get good at a type of technology, you’ll find yourself using it often. On the other hand, if you decide that you’re somehow untalented at it (which is nonsense) or don’t take the time, then you’ll have sacrificed leverage and confidence that were offered to you.
Of course, it’s not just Sheets, or the web, or even computers. It’s a posture of possibility when it comes to the tools we’re able to use.
~Seth Godin, excellent article – Dancing With Tools
Failure Quotes by Seth Godin
There’s nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“If failure is not an option, then neither is success.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, AltMBA, b.7/10/1960
“The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, AltMBA, b.7/10/1960
“There is no shipwreck free journey… not if you want to do art, and that’s really good news because most people are afraid to get on that boat, and you are not.”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“All innovating is, is failing and failing and failing, until you find the next thing that works.”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Figure out how to be wrong on the way to being right… how to make this series of assertions about where to go.”
SOURCE: Seth on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Move forward, with generosity… with a willingness to live with the tension. Move forward, learning as you go. The person who fails the most, wins.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s Book: What to do When it’s your Turn
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Fear Quotes by Seth Godin
“Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, b.7/10/1960
If you want to run a marathon without getting tired, I have no advice for you. You’re going to get tired. If you want to do creative work, you’re going to dance with fear.
SOURCE: Facebook Live with Steven Pressfield
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“Hard work is about risk. It begins when you deal with the things that you’d rather not deal with: fear of failure, fear of standing out, fear of rejection. Hard work is about training yourself to leap over this barrier, drive through the other barrier. And after you’ve done that, to do it again the next day.”
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, b.7/10/1960
“If you can dance with the fear… (it will never go away), you can learn to use it as a compass, so when the fear shows up, you can say ‘Oh! That feeling I’m getting, that’s reminding me I’m on the right path.'”
SOURCE: The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, b.7/10/1960
Fear and insufficiency… couldn’t exist if we trusted ourselves enough to know that we’re already on a path to where we seek to go.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Waiting for passion to show up means waiting for fear to go away. Fear is never going to go away.
SOURCE: Aubrey Marcus
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, b.7/10/1960
“Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.“
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Feelings Quotes by Seth
We don’t have to be victim to our feelings. They don’t have to arrive or leave of their own accord. We can choose to take actions that will generate the feelings we need.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Flow Quotes by Seth Godin
If we condition ourselves to work without flow, it’s more likely to arrive.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
We do the work whether we feel like it or not, and then, without warning, flow can arise.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Flow is a symptom of the work we’re doing, not the cause of it.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Future and Seth Godin Quotes
“If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.”
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Generosity Quotes by Seth Godin in The Practice
“I’m a fan of a generous hustle, and a generous hustle says, ‘How can I do things in the world to leave a better trail and to help other people, not how do I do things so that I get my fair share.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin on Impact Theory 2018
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
The world doesn’t respond well to hustlers… they don’t like being hustled. But the world responds really well to people who take responsibility and give away credit.
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Our work exists to change the recipient for the better. That’s at the core of the practice.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“If you can figure out how to become relentlessly generous, in a way that changes people around you for the better, in a way that benefits them without benefitting you in any visible way, and you get hooked on that, then the next thing you’re going to want to do is be even more generous.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin Interview – How to Dance with Fear
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
The way you become successful, and sometimes even well off, is by becoming relentlessly generous.
SOURCE: Seth Godin Interview – How to Dance with Fear
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Goals & Habits Quotes by Seth Godin
“Set a goal, and in small, consistent steps, work to reach it.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
There’s nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Identify your mission, then set your plan in motion through daily, weekly and monthly goals.
The habit [to cultivate] is to regularly find generous work that scares you.
SOURCE: on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“I am so confirmed that everyone should blog everyday, even if no one reads it. The act of blogging everyday is a generous way to confront your fear. And if you do it for 100 days in a row… that’s a habit.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Happiness Quotes by Seth Godin
“It turns out that what makes us happy is agency; knowing that we have some sort of control over what’s going to happen in our life.”
SOURCE: Impact Theory, 2018
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
There’s never enough reassurance for the lizard brain.
SOURCE: Seth Godin, Linchpin Keynote
The lizard brain’s job is to not be happy.
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, b.7/10/1960
“What makes us happy is agency, knowing that we have some sort of control over what’s going to happen in our life.”
SOURCE: Seth on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Why You’ve Been Lied to
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Hobby Vs Pro Quotes by Seth Godin
If it’s a hobby, it’s for you. If it’s work, it’s for others.
SOURCE: Seth on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Why You’ve Been Lied to
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, b.7/10/1960
Ideas Quotes
LOVE this poignant post by Seth. It’s so relevant for anyone creating a business around their art and aspirations.
YOUR BIG IDEA
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, teacher, 1/23/21 blog post
It’s probably not completely original.
It’s probably not breathtaking in scope.
It’s probably not immediately popular.
But… it’s definitely worth pursuing, consistently and persistently for years and years.
If you care. If it’s generous and helpful and worth the journey.
All the big ideas that made a difference follow this pattern.
RELATED: About Seth’s book for creators, The Practice
Innovation Quotes by Seth Godin
Don’t try to be the ‘next’. Instead, try to be the other, the changer, the new.
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“All innovating is, is failing and failing and failing, until you find the next thing that works.”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“When Gutenberg launched the printing press, 94% of the people in Europe were illiterate.” [He didn’t wait until people could read… you shouldn’t wait to launch your idea.]
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.”
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Leadership Quotes by Seth Godin
“Management is not leadership. Management is telling people what to do. Leadership is saying, ‘We’re all enrolled in this journey, let’s go over there. I’m not exactly sure how we’re going to get there… let’s go over there.'”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“People who are open to uncertainty, are the pathfinders for the rest of us.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s Book: What to do When it’s your Turn
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“The easiest thing is to react. The second easiest thing is to respond. But the hardest thing is to initiate.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Love What You Do
It’s so much easier and more reliable to love what you do than it is to do what you love. Making the choice to love what you do means that whatever you’re doing you can be in love.
SOURCE: Seth on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Why You’ve Been Lied to
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“That idea that we can become passionate about our work as opposed to expecting our work to give us passion makes us way more flexible, gives us way more leverage, allows us to move forward.”
SOURCE: Seth on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Why You’ve Been Lied to
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Magic and Seth Godin Quotes
You have everything you need to make magic… you always have. Go make a ruckus.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
The magic is that there is no magic. Start where you are. Don’t stop.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Make a Difference
We make a difference in the world when we seek to make a difference. Not because it’s easy, but because it matters. This is all a part of The Practice.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Marketing Quotes by Seth Godin
“Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make but about the stories you tell.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“Marketing is about spreading ideas, and spreading ideas is the single most important output of our civilization.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“People do not buy goods and services. They buy relations, stories and magic.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Mindset Quotes by Seth Godin
“It’s possible to decide to love what you do.”
SOURCE: on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
“You could spend your time hating what you do, or you can brainwash yourself into loving what you do, because why not spend your time loving what you do?”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Mission Quotes by Seth Godin
There’s nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Optimism
[ON HARD TIMES:]
“My friend Melissa used to say, ‘Just because the tide is out, doesn’t mean there’s any less water in the ocean.'”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Passion Quotes
ON PASSION:
SOURCE: Seth Godin on Impact Theory 2018
“Another controversial expression for me. A lot of people hide behind the expression, ‘If I could just find something I love, then I could do great work. And I think it’s way more powerful to be able to say, ‘I choose to love the thing I do.'”
“That idea, that we can become passionate about our work as opposed to expecting our work to give us passion, makes us way more flexible, gives us way more leverage, allows us to move forward, and it gets back to the narrative, the self talk we have about this work we get to do, as opposed to having to treat it as something we have to do.”
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Waiting for passion to show up means waiting for fear to go away, and fear is never going to go away.
SOURCE: Aubrey Marcus interview
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“That idea that we can become passionate about our work as opposed to expecting our work to give us passion makes us way more flexible, gives us way more leverage, allows us to move forward.”
SOURCE: Seth on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Why You’ve Been Lied to
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Personal Development Quotes by Seth Godin
“We can dig deep and say, ‘In this moment I’m going to choose to be the best version of myself and seek possibility.’ It turns out that that’s a life. You can build an entire life doing just that. And then what happens, more often than not, is the world responds by inviting you to play on a bigger stage.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin on Impact Theory 2018
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“This economy we live in isn’t an industrial one, it’s a connection one. Not based on who you know, but based on who trusts you and what do you have access to. So the possibilities — right this moment, not for long — are enormous for a human being who wants to take a thread of this, a thread of that, weave ’em together, braid ’em up and say, ‘I made this’, and I think that’s being ignored by too many people who are looking for a short cut.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin on Impact Theory 2018
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Practice – The Practice Quotes by Seth Godin
The practice is not the means to the output, the practice IS the output. The practice is all we can control.
SOURCE: Seth on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Why You’ve Been Lied to
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, speaker, b.7/10/1960
The Practice is a choice. With discipline it’s something we can always choose. The Practice is there for us whether or not we feel confident. Especially when we don’t feel confident.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Committing to a practice that makes our best better, is all that we can do.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Procrastination Quotes by Seth Godin
When it comes to resistance, [to doing the work], often, we join organizations in order to hide. Office politics was invented to reinforce resistance.
SOURCE: Facebook Live with Steven Pressfield, 11/17/20
~Seth Godin, author, teacher, b.7/10/1960
You don’t need more time… you just need to decide.
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, b.7/10/1960
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Purpose Quotes by Seth Godin
WHAT’S THE IMPACT YOU’D LIKE TO HAVE ON THE WORLD?
SOURCE: Seth Godin on Impact Theory 2018
“I would like to be known by what the people who learn from me taught other people, because I’m not trying to teach for my own sake, I’m trying to teach so that other people can help the culture around them level up, ’cause it’s all we got.”
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“I don’t believe you should do what you’re passionate about. I believe you should be passionate about what you do.”
SOURCE: Aubrey Marcus interview
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, teacher
“My work is to figure out how to share emotions and stories with people that turn lights on for them. And the part of it that scares me is wasting the privilege… wasting the leverage… the opportunity.”
SOURCE: on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Rejection Quotes by Seth Godin
In 12 months I got 800 rejection letters [from publishers] in a row.
SOURCE: Seth on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Why You’ve Been Lied to
~Seth Godin, author, teacher, b.7/10/1960
WOW!! We are SO GLAD that Seth didn’t give up on his creative vision. A world without Seth’s work encouraging and guiding creators would be a huge loss.
‘Ship It’ Quotes by Seth Godin
“There’s a huge difference in being ready and prepared. None of you will ever be ready because what it means to be ready is to be sure it’s going to work. You can’t be sure it’s going to work.”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“Bad ideas, good ideas, it’s not yours to judge until later. Right now your only job is to produce.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s Book: What to do When it’s your Turn
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Special – You Are Special Quotes by Seth Godin
“We are all special in our own way the moment we choose to be.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
Success Quotes by Seth Godin
“The question is not whether you’re going to be successful. The question is, ‘Will you choose to matter?'”
SOURCE: ConvertKit Keynote
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“We can dig deep and say, ‘In this moment I’m going to choose to be the best version of myself and seek possibility.’ It turns out that that’s a life. You can build an entire life doing just that. And then what happens, more often than not, is the world responds by inviting you to play on a bigger stage.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin on Impact Theory 2018
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“This economy we live in isn’t an industrial one, it’s a connection one. Not based on who you know, but based on who trusts you and what do you have access to. So the possibilities — right this moment, not for long — are enormous for a human being who wants to take a thread of this, a thread of that, weave ’em together, braid ’em up and say, ‘I made this’, and I think that’s being ignored by too many people who are looking for a short cut.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin on Impact Theory 2018
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“I’m a fan of a generous hustle, and a generous hustle says, ‘How can I do things in the world to leave a better trail and to help other people, not how do I do things so that I get my fair share.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin on Impact Theory 2018
~Seth Godin, marketing visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“The only way to get good at solving problems is to solve them.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Success Quotes – continued
“Figure out how to build a life with low enough overhead, where you can be a creator of ruckuses, the kind of person that goes into the world and makes thing better, by making better things over and over again, because that’s how you’re going to learn how to fail. That’s how you’re going to learn how to solve interesting problems, and then the world will start a line at your door.”
SOURCE: Seth on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
The way you become successful, and sometimes even well off, is by becoming relentlessly generous.
SOURCE: Seth Godin Interview – How to Dance with Fear
~Seth Godin, visionary, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
We need to be known by our work, not our resumé.
SOURCE: Seth on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
This next quote on “Heroes and Mentors” is one of our favorites and one of the learning methods we employ and recommend most.
HEROES AND MENTORS:
SOURCE: Heroes and Mentors article
“Like a custom made suit, a mentor is a fine thing to have if you can find or afford it. But for the rest of us, heroes will have to do.”
“Heroes are in enormously large supply.”
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
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Talent Quotes by Seth Godin
“I don’t believe there’s any genetics whatsoever, associated with what most people call talent. I think there’s an enormous amount of culture associated with it, and I think there’s learning associated with it.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin on Impact Theory 2018
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
Work Quotes by Seth Godin
Doing the work is how you pivot.
SOURCE: Facebook Live with Steven Pressfield, 11/17/20
~Seth Godin, author, AltMBA
Writer’s Quotes by Seth Godin
“People who talk to me about writer’s block, who talk to me about being stuck, I say, ‘Show me your bad writing’, and they never have any. ‘Show me the six novels you’ve written that are terrible’, they don’t have ’em. ‘Show me the 18 screenplays’, they don’t have them. Because what they’re really saying is, “I want to have really good writing, then I’ll have something. And in my experience, it begins with really bad writing.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin Impact Theory 2018
“If you have enough bad writing, someone can help you get better.”
~Seth Godin, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“There’s no such thing as writer’s block… what’s necessary is to develop a habit.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s Book: What to do When it’s your Turn
~Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher, b.7/10/1960
“There’s no such thing as writer’s block. Professionals produce with intent.”
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s- The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“I am so confirmed that everyone should blog everyday, even if no one reads it. The act of blogging everyday is a generous way to confront your fear. And if you do it for 100 days in a row… that’s a habit.”
SOURCE: Seth on The Futur, Make Something Everyday
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
There’s no such thing as writer’s block. Professionals produce with intent.
SOURCE: Seth Godin’s book, The Practice
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, speaker, b.7/10/1960
“Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.”
~Seth Godin, visionary, teacher, author, b.7/10/1960
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