Seth Godin Quotes About Waiting
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Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.
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Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.
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If you set your bar at 'amazing' it's awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn't going to be amazing. Your tenth one might not be either. Confronted with the gap between your vision of perfect and the reality of what you've created, the easiest path is no path. Shrug. Admit defeat. Hit delete. One more reason to follow someone else and wait for instructions. Of course, the only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing. But not-yet-amazing is a great place to start, because that's where you are.
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If you have a book to write, write it. If you want to record an album, record it. No need to wait for someone in a cubicle halfway across the country to decide if you're worthy.
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Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.
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Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.
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The question isn’t whether or not you should wait to be picked, the question is whether you care enough to pick yourself.
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The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.
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In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for.
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Don't wait to be picked. Pick yourself.
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A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there's the comfortable alternative instead? The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.
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If you wait until there is another case study in your industry, you will be too late!
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Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things happen) is much more satisfying then just getting a paycheck and waiting to get fired (or die).
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People who make a difference never wait for just the right time. They know that it will never arrive.
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You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless.
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Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.
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Confusion sets in when you're not sure if your product or service is bought or sold, or worse, if you are a salesperson just waiting for people to buy.
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If you wait until you are ready, it is almost certainly too late.
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