People don’t believe what you tell them.They rarely believe what you show them.They often believe what their friends tell them.They always believe what they tell themselves.
At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.
If school is about postponing the day you have to stand up in front of the world and put yourself at risk, the resistance would like to stay there forever.
Change almost never fails because it’s too early. It almost always fails because it’s too late.
How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?
Art isn’t only a painting; it’s anything that changes someone for the better, any nonanonymous interaction that leads to a human (not simply a commercial) conclusion.
Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.
The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.People will follow.
In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn’t necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
How was your day? If your answer was “fine,” then I don’t think you were leading.
Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.
You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
Art changes posture and posture changes innocent bystanders.
Great work is not created for everyone. If it were, it would be average work.
Artists think along the edges of the box, because that’s where things get done. That’s where the audience is, that’s where the means of production are available, and that’s where you can make an impact.
Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome of your work and you’ll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety doesn’t make you better.
If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.
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.
That’s your opportunity–to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.
in virtually every industry the most trusted brand is also the most profitable. Frequency led to awareness, awareness to familiarity, and familiarity to trust. And trust, almost without exception, leads to profit.
The only way to get what you’re worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.
We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you’ve already figured out, demands initiative.
When you work under the cloud of anxiety, the best strategy is to play it safe, because if (when!) it fails, you’ll be blameless.
Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
No one knows more about the way you think than you do.
How we respond to the opportunities and challenges of the outside world now determines how much the outside world values us.
Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.
Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you’ve got, you’re more likely to do it.And this is precisely why it’s difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.
Being an artist isn’t a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It’s an attitude we can all adopt. It’s a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you’re an artist.
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth. Not going all the way, and not starting.” Siddhrtha Gautama
believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.
All great programmers learn the same way. They poke the box. They code something and see what the computer does. They change it and see what the computer does. They repeat the process again and again until they figure out how the box works.
The challenge, it turns out, isn’t in perfecting your ability to know when to start and when to stand by. The challenge is getting into the habit of
This is an addictive pastime. You take no real risk, touch the world, and it responds. Repeat.
I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance…and if you have anxiety about initiating a project, then of course you will associate risk with failure.
One thing that most comic artists avoid is showing decisions. They show action, sure, and they show results, but they don’t show (because it’s difficult to show) the hero or the villain making a choice.
The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset.
Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.That would be you.
A genius looks at something that others are stuck on and gets the world unstuck.So the question is: Have you ever done that?
You need editors, not brand managers,who will push the envelope to make [a brand media property] go forward.
How can you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?”- Seth Godin, sethgodin.com
The ironic thing is that marketers have responded to this problem with the single worst cure possible. To deal with the clutter and the diminished effectiveness of Interruption Marketing, they’re interrupting us even more!
Marketing used to be about advertising, and advertising is expensive. Today, marketing is about engaging with the tribe and delivering products and services with stories that spread.
The secret to being wrong isn’t to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn’t fatal.
Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.
So sure, start with a slogan. But don’t bother wasting any time on it if you’re merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
Rich is my word for someone who can afford to make choices, who has enough resources to do more than merely survive.
Wouldn’t it be great to be gifted? In fact… It turns out that choices lead to habits. Habits become talents. Talents are labeled gifts. You’re not born this way, you get this way.
In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.
I find that I have about six bloggable ideas a day. I also find that writing twice as long a post doesn’t increase communication, it usually decreases it. And finally, I found that people get antsy if there are unread posts in their queue.
I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.
The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.
Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
Permission marketing turns strangers into friends and friends into loyal customers. It’s not just about entertainment – it’s about education. Permission marketing is curriculum marketing.
The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there’s no ball, there’s no game. Bullies hate that. So they’ll either behave so they can play with you or they’ll go bully someone else.