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  • This is why ANXIETY is for LOSERS not WINNERS

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin highlights why Anxiety is not something we associate with champions..

    “Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance.”

  • Create a MISSION and not a PLAN for this reason

    As Simon Sinek very aptly said about a plan..

    “Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to PLAN.”

    Seth Godin echoes the same sentiment and mentions that a MISSION works better than a plan which is sure to fail since it is so futuristic..

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin that mentions why MISSION is preferred over a PLAN..

    “Plans are great but missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.”

  • This is what HARD WORK is all about

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin highlight why HARD WORK is not easy..

    “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.”

  • Marketing is about the understanding of IRRATIONAL FORCES

    Adopted from the following quote of Seth Godin that shows how Marketing is about conquering CHANGE on understanding of irrational forces that work against accepting CHANGE..

    “Marketing is our quest to make change on behalf of those we serve, and we do it by understanding the irrational forces that drive each of us.”

  • This is why MARKETING is a Three Step Process

    Adopted from the following great Marketing quote of Seth Godin that shows how Marketing should ideally be a Three Step Process..

    “Marketing is the name we use to describe the promise a company makes, the story it tells, and the authentic way it delivers on that promise.”

  • This is what true COURAGE is

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin..

    “Courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say.” 

  • The danger of getting distracted by competition

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin that encourages us to not bother about competition..

    “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.” 

  • This quote encourages us to stop trying to please everyone

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin , shows that it is impossible to please everyone..

    “Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.” 

  • What do people want more than anything?

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin , unearths the following psychology of human beings..

    “Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed. They want to be missed the day they don’t show up. They want to be missed when they’re gone.” 

  • Beautiful quote that explores the merits of persistence

    Adopted from the following beautiful quote of Seth Godin , proves why persistence pays and is honored by mother nature..

    “A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner.”