Quotes from Seth Godin

If failure isn't an option, then success isn't either. Success is just failure repeated until it works.

The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way.

You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.

Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something is going to work.

Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year of not doing it right, I could talk to people and get them to sit up straight, take different kinds of chances, to breathe differently, to engage in the moment in the boat. And I changed them, and I changed me in the process.

The Net is not television. It is the finest direct-marketing mechanism in the history of mankind. It is direct mail with free stamps, and it allows you to create richer and deeper relationships than you've ever been able to create before.

The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.

Your success is no longer about your ability to do what you are told, and do it well.

The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.

Every single important thing we do is something we didn't use to be good at, and in fact, might be something we used to fear.

Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

How was your day? If your answer was fine, then I don't think you were leading.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

Life's too short is repeated often enough to be a cliche, but this time it's true. You don't have enough time to be both unhappy and mediocre. It's not just pointless, it's painful. Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don't need to escape from.

treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

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

Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.

If failure is not an option, then neither is success.

Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, You're not going where I need to go, and there's no way I'm going to persuade all of you to follow me. So rather than standing here watching the opportunities fade away, I'm heading off. I'm betting some of you, the best of you, will follow me.

Never quit something with great long-term potential just because you can't deal with the stress of the moment.

The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.

Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.

Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting your own standards--and living up to them--is a better way to profit. Not to mention a better way to make your day worth all the effort you put into it. -