Sooner or later, the ones who told you that this isn't the way it's done, the ones who found time to sneer, they will find someone else to hassle. Sooner or later, they stop pointing out how much hubris you've got, how you're not entitled to make a new thing, how you will certainly come to regret your choices. Sooner or later, your work speaks for itself. Outlasting the critics feels like it will take a very long time, but you're more patient than they are.
Seth GodinThere's no correlation between how good your idea is and how likely your organization will be to embrace it.
Seth GodinYou dont need to convince everyone. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you.
Seth GodinIf there isn't a good reason, go home. If there is, then do something ... loud, now, and memorable.
Seth GodinIf you want to get in shape, go to the #โ gym every single day, change your clothes and take a shower. If you can do that every single day for a month, pretty soon you'll start doing something while you're there.
Seth GodinIsn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point.
Seth GodinThe challenge is simple: Quitting when you hit the Dip is a bad idea. If the journey you started was worth doing, then quitting when you hit the Dip just wastes the time youโve already invested. Quit in the Dip often enough and youโll find yourself becoming a serial quitter, starting many things but accomplishing little. Simple: If you canโt make it through the Dip, donโt start. If you can embrace that simple rule, youโll be a lot choosier about which journeys you start.
Seth Godin