Seth Godin Quotes

Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.

You can never have enough talent.

We're playing at our level of ability.

I think it now comes down to whether you have the skills or not.

It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.

If I have the choice between experience and talent, I'm taking talent every time.

When you have to make a choice between capacity and capability, I would go with capability.

I know what I can bring to the table wherever it is.

I think I'm one of the only guys here - I mean, we have so much great talent here, but I can do anything. I can literally do anything. That's not me being like, 'Oh I'm so great.' I'm just like, 'I know what I'm doing.'

Age is never a factor if talent is there.

Ultimately, it's your talent that counts.

The most important thing is knowing what you are good at.

Creativity is not a substitute for competence.

Competence was attractive.

Do the thing you're good at. Not many people are lucky enough to be so good at something.

Not all who own a harp are harpers.

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.

Genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.

Experience alone can give, even to the greatest talent, that confidence in having done all that could be done.

Ability is active power, or power to perform.

Authority does not equal competency.

Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

I like people who can do things