Seth Godin

The problem with taking offense is that it's really hard to figure out what to do with it after you're done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.

Not adding value is the same as taking it away.

Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again

Living with doubt ... is almost always more profitable than living with certainty. _x000D_ People don't like doubt, so they pay money and give up opportunities to avoid it. _x000D_ Entrepreneurshi p is largely about living with doubt. If you need reassurance, you're giving up quite a bit to get it. On the other hand, if you can get in the habit of seeking out uncertainty, you'll have developed a great instinct.

The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.

I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Organizations grow when they persuade a tiny cadre to be passionate, not when they touch millions with a mediocre message

If you're not upsetting anyone, you're not changing the status quo.

What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? If you're not, you're wasting away.

The next thing you do today will be the most important thing on your _x000D_ agenda, because, after all, you're doing it next. Well, perhaps it will _x000D_ be the most urgent thing. Or the easiest. In fact, the most important _x000D_ thing probably isn't even on your agenda.

Most of the time, creative entrepreneurs lose interest long before their marketing message loses its power.

Content marketing is the only marketing left

Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.

People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.

Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them.

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.

The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.