Seth Godin Quotes

We as humans, we're not solitary people, we're like dogs, we like to live in packs and know about one another. And, if anything, fame is people trying to attain community on a mass scale, because when you become famous wherever you go people know about what you've done and what you're about to do.

A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.

All organizations are merely conceptual embodiments of a very old, very basic idea - the idea of community. They can be no more or less than the sum of the beliefs of the people drawn to them; of their character, judgements, acts and efforts.

The joy of just being involved in something, of being part of a big process, just as a human being, it's nice to be part of people who are in the same enterprise, heading for the same goal, rather than, 'Oh this is all about me and my role. The story's about me.'

As social animals, we need to exchange juicy tales about someone - to connect with one another. For millions of years our forebears must have sat around the campfire, whispering about everyone they knew.

Sports can bring people together in a way that politics cannot.

We care about shared values, culture and identity.

Thatcher was wrong. People don't exist - well, they don't flourish - as individuals. Life's about swapping ideas and communicating with other people.

I think that it is important to mingle with your peers and get to know the people that you coming up with because everything that we're doing is history.

I was always with the people.

Forming communities - even and especially ones based on strong loyalties and allegiances - is in our DNA. It's what's kept us alive for millions of years.

The real power of tribes has nothing to do with the Internet and everything to do with people.

Tribes makes our lives better, and leading a tribe is the best life of all.

I believe in singing to such an extent that, if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing becomes a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for cooperation with others.

There are two kinds of people in this world. 'I' people and 'we' people. I've always tried to be a 'we' person.

I like being around people.

Setting up a community and seeing what happens to it when the megalomaniacs get busy: that's my main preoccupation.

Social does not just equal Facebook. Social is how people interact anywhere.

The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.

The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection.

I'm interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there's not a lot known about that.

The biggest neurological turn-on for people is other people. This is what really excites us. In reward terms, it's not money; it's not being given cash - that's nice - it's doing stuff with our peers, watching us, collaborating with us.

Music teaches people to work together, which is maybe one of the most important skills.