Quotes from Seth Godin

Quejarse es estúpido. Actúa u olvídalo.» Stefan Sagmeister

My new favorite word is 'awkward.'...The reason we need to be in search of awkward is that awkward is the barrier between us and excellence, between where we are and the remarkable. If it were easy, everyone would have done it already, and it wouldn't be worth the effort.

Yes, the Internet is a discovery tool, but no, you're not going to get discovered that way. Instead, you will make your impact by uniting those you seek to serve.

What happens when the world cares more about unique voices and remarkable insights than it does about cheap labor

Fear of criticism is a powerful deterrent because the criticism doesn't actually have to occur for the fear to set in. Watch a few people get criticized for being innovate, and it's pretty easy to convince yourself that the very same thing will happen to you if you're not careful.

Permission Marketing is just like dating. It turns strangers into friends and friends into lifetime customers. Many of the rules of dating apply, and so do many of the benefits.

Turning you Passion into your Job is easier than finding a Job that matches your passion

I don't know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding, they learn by some other way—by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!" —Richard Feynman

It's more about a five- or ten- or fifteen-year process where you start finding your voice, and finally you begin to realize that the safest thing you can do feels risky and the riskiest thing you can do is play it safe.

Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.

What we're seeing is that fundamentalism really has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with an outlook, regardless what your religion is.

Leadership almost always involves thinking and acting like the underdog. That's because leaders work to change things, and the people who are winning rarely do.

Excellence isn't about working extra hard to do what you're told. It's about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.

Start Your Journey Before You See the End

Permission Marketing Is Anticipated, Personal, Relevant

Conventional wisdom is that you should find a job that matches your passion. I think this is backwards.

You really can't try to do everything, especially if you intend to be the best in the world.

Think for a second about the people you know who are engaged, satisfied, eager to get to work. Most of them, I'll bet, make change.

the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.

Everyone has a little voice inside of their head that's angry and afraid.

The gift is to the giver, and comes back to him . . ." —Walt Whitman

If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either. Part of leadership (a big part of it, actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time. Long enough that the critics realize that you're going to get there one way or another…so they follow.

the more crowded the marketplace, the busier your customers, the more you need the Purple Cow. Half-measures will fail. Overhauling the product with dramatic improvements in things the right customers care about, on the other hand, can have a huge payoff.

Here's an assignment for you: Write it down. Write down under what circumstances you're willing to quit. And when. And then stick with it.