Seth Godin Quotes

Model the behavior you wish more people would display. Lead first.

We need a leader able to project his or her personality and present our policies in today's media environment. All this is true - but we also need a leader capable of building a team, inspiring loyalty from colleagues, and one genuinely open to ideas.

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.

Remember, things extremely hard to come by are not necessarily good.

If you want to lead people, you have to let them come up close.

In 30 years of travel and training leaders -164 nations - I've never met anyone who didn't need massive doses of love.

Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.

When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.

I think there are a lot of successful people in this country who connect amazingly well with the American people and have - and one of the reasons they are successful is because they connect well.

Reagan's emotional intelligence, his ability to suss out people's longings and to channel them for political purposes, was better than just about any human being that ever lived.

Whatever you think about his intelligence, what's unquestionable is that Reagan had extraordinary emotional intelligence. He could sense the temperature of a room, and tell them a story and make them feel good. And that's more fun, right? It's more fun to feel good than feel bad. That's part of our human state.

Good leaders need to be able to connect to all of those around them. This is especially true at Whole Foods, where we have a very team-oriented culture.

If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost my temper. But now I realize that if I'm so right, then I should be able to communicate it so clearly that they get it.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.

A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol, which both of us connect with the common sentiment or idea; and thus by communicating an impulse he can move the will.

I spent over 90 percent of my time talking to people who didn’t have to listen to me.

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something that people want.

Love people, not things; use things, not people.

If all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized.

People want to feel understood by their leaders.

In order to move others, I must be moved.

One of my strengths is connecting with the players.

I think I lead with empathy and connection to our people. I find that the most effective leadership style for me is to just talk and listen. It sounds simple, but it's so effective.

Miss Universe is someone who communicates her thoughts effectively and is able to connect to people.

Women are thought to be more social, more interested in relationships and connections, better at multi-tasking.