Seth Godin

As an entrepreneur, I’m blessed with 100% autonomy over task, time, technique, and team. Here’s the thing: If I maintain that autonomy, I fail. I fail to ship. I fail to excel. I fail to focus. I inevitably end up either with no product or a product the market rejects. The art of the art is picking your limits. That’s the autonomy I most cherish. The freedom to pick my boundaries.

Freedom isn’t the ability to do whatever you want. It’s the willingness to do whatever you want.

We’re so obsessed about the risk of shining brightly that we’ve traded in everything that matters to avoid it.

A Few Worldview Questions to Consider: How do I get more? vs. How do I give more? How do I guarantee success? vs. How do I risk failure? Where is the map? vs. Where is the wilderness? Do I have enough money? vs. Have I made enough art?

We built this world for you. Not so you would watch more online videos, keep up on your feeds, and LOL with your high school friends. We built it so you could do what you’re capable of. Without apology and without excuse. Go.

The question isn’t whether you are capable of godlike work. (You are.) The question is: Are you willing?

Like a growth spurt for a teenager, the pain of facing the void where art lives is part of the deal, our stretching into a better self.

If you become someone who is uncomfortable unless she is creating change, restless if things are standing still, and disappointed if you haven’t failed recently, you’ve figured out how to become comfortable with the behaviors most likely to make you safe going forward.

The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and your soul.

A revolution is here, our revolution, and it is shining a light on what we’ve known deep down for a long time—you are capable of making a difference, of being bold, and of changing more than you are willing to admit. You are capable of making art.

You really can’t try to do everything, especially if you intend to be the best in the world.

The magic of the creative process is that there is no magic.

Identity fuels action, and action creates habits, and habits are part of a practice, and a practice is the single best way to get where you want to go.

Your contribution—the one that you want to make, the one you were born to make—that’s what we’re waiting for, that’s what we need.

Flow is the result of effort. The muse shows up when we do the work. Not the other way around. Set up your tools, turn off the internet, and go back to work.

We don’t ship the work because we’re creative. We’re creative because we ship the work.

We have unlimited reasons to hide our work and only one reason to share it: to be of service.

The magic is that there is no magic. Start where you are. Don’t stop.

Build streaks. Do the work every single day. Blog daily. Write daily. Ship daily. Show up daily. Find your streak and maintain it.