Quotes about Achievement
People settle. They settle for less than they are capable of.
— Seth Godin
Mediocre is merely a failed attempt to be really good.
— Seth Godin
The Dip is the long slog between starting and mastery. A long slog that's actually a shortcut, because it gets you where you want to go faster than any other path.
— Seth Godin
On top of this, if you do great work you gain the reward of knowing you're doing great work. Your day snaps into alignment with your dreams, and you no longer have to pretend you're mediocre. You're free to contribute.
— Seth Godin
The only purpose of starting is to finish, and while the projects we do are never really finished, they must ship.
— Seth Godin
It's Almost Impossible to Overinvest in Becoming the Market Leader.
— Seth Godin
The Dip is the long stretch between beginner's luck and real accomplishment. The Dip is the set of artificial screens set up to keep people like you out.
— Seth Godin
The essential thing to know about the Dip is that it's there. Knowing that you're facing a Dip is the first step in getting through it.
— Seth Godin
When you're the best in the world, you share the benefits (the income, the attention, the privileges, the respect) with just a handful of people or organizations or brands.
— Seth Godin
Alas, there isn't a pain-free way to achieve your goals.
— Seth Godin
The second reason there are such tremendous benefits to being number one is a little more subtle. Being at the top matters because there's room at the top for only a few.
— Seth Godin
Perfect closes the door. It asserts that we're done, that this is the best we can do. Worse, perfect forbids us to try. To seek perfection and not reach it is a failure.
— Seth Godin