Seth Godin Quotes

I'm really good at telling people 'no.'

The only power you have is the word no.

'No' is a dynamic that you've got to master before you can ever master 'yes.'

If I don't like anything I say no to it.

Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.

The power of saying no is so much more than the power of saying yes.

Your yes means nothing if you can't say no.

I issued a number of denials to people I thought needed to hear them

The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.

Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.

I have been accused of never saying no.

People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.

'No' is always an easier stand than 'Yes.'

One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.

The hard thing for me is to say no to people.

I find it hard to say no to people.

No, I'm not.

'No' is an entire sentence in itself. No means no, and when somebody says it, you need to stop.

There are too many things I find it difficult to say 'no' to.

What we say no to is sometimes more important than what we say yes to.

There are three kinds of yeses. There's commitment, confirmation, and counterfeit. People are most used to giving the counterfeit yes because they've been trapped by the confirmation yes so many times. So the way you master no is understanding what really happens when somebody says 'no.' When yes is commitment, no is protection.

If the deal is not right, just walk away. You don't have to take it, you don't have to keep going, arguing or trying to find a middle ground. If you're not comfortable with it, just go.

We have to not be afraid to say no.

I've always been of the mindset that you will be defined by the things you say 'no' to because it's so easy to say 'yes.'

I have learned that it's OK for me to say no to things.