You have to find a group that really desperately cares about what it is you have to say. Talk to them. They have something I call otaku. It's a great Japanese word. It describes the desire of someone who's obsessed to, say, drive across Tokyo to try a new Ramen noodle place 'cause that's what they do, they get obsessed with it.
Seth GodinCanoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year of not doing it right, I could talk to people and get them to sit up straight, take different kinds of chances, to breathe differently, to engage in the moment in the boat. And I changed them, and I changed me in the process.
Seth GodinRepeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no progress is made isnโt particularly effective either. No, the best path is an endless series of difficult (but achievable) hills.
Seth GodinOrganizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.
Seth GodinYou can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless.
Seth GodinGood advice is priceless. Not what you want to hear, but what you need to hear. Not imaginary, but practical. Not based on fear, but on possibility. Not designed to make you feel better, designed to make you better. Seek it out and embrace the true friends that care enough to risk sharing it. I'm not sure what takes more guts-giving it or getting it.
Seth Godin