Seth Godin Quotes

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

While the average person is home watching TV, the Leader Without a Title is in the gym getting stronger or at the library getting smarter or at the office getting better (or with their family growing kinder). Make this day count.

I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.

You need to have proper management if you're going to move forward.

You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how to raise money. These are the things you want to start the clock on as early as possible.

As all entrepreneurs know, you live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the rest.

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

In order to get somewhere in life, you need to have a vision. The vision brings you to the table. Without a vision, you just do what everybody else does and you are just there.

On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals.

We must use time creatively.

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what I've achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I've done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise.

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Creatively, I try to always look forward and look at the next thing I want to do.

Your time as a manager is finite and valuable.

Decisiveness is the best way to get things done.

Don't wait for someone to tell you what to do. Develop an innovative solution and work as a team to make it happen.

Mobilize people and resources to get results, Not small results but big results. Spend 80% of your time doing development work. Only 20% your time doing administrative work. Never be bureaucrats. Always be leaders.

I don't like downtime, and I just am too insecure that I'll not work again if I don't start the ball rolling on the next round of things. Everything takes so long to make and come to fruition.

You're born with some things inside you that will allow you to lead, but I think you have to take the bull by the horns. You have to want that leadership position, and then there are things you can do to develop that.