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“Challenges were only hard if you went into them expecting not to succeed.”
― Mariana Zapata, From Lukov with Love

“A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Never quit something with great long-term potential just because you can’t deal with the stress of the moment.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The time to look for a new job is when you don't need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The people who skip the hard questions are in the majority, but they are not in demand.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Stick with the Dips that are likely to pan out, and quit the Cul-de-Sacs to focus your resources”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The market ... demands a signal from you that you're serious, powerful, accepted, and safe.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“People settle. They settle for less than they are capable of.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Here’s a quote from ultramarathoner Dick Collins: Decide before the race the conditions that will cause you to stop and drop out. You don’t want to be out there saying, “Well gee, my leg hurts, I’m a little dehydrated, I’m sleepy, I’m tired, and it’s cold and windy.” And talk yourself into quitting. If you are making a decision based on how you feel at that moment, you will probably make the wrong decision.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit

“You’re Astonishing How dare you waste it.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Selling is about a transference of emotion, not a presentation of facts.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The next time you catch yourself being average when you feel like quitting, realize that you have only two good choices: Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The Dip is the long stretch between beginner’s luck and real accomplishment.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“There’s not a lot to say about the Cul-de-Sac except to realize that it exists and to embrace the fact that when you find one, you need to get off it, fast. That’s because a dead end is keeping you from doing something else. The opportunity cost of investing your life in something that’s not going to get better is just too high.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“All coping does is waste your time and misdirect your energy. If the best you can do is cope, you’re better off quitting.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“To be a superstar, you must do something exceptional. Not just survive the Dip, but use the Dip as an opportunity to create something so extraordinary that people can’t help but talk about it, recommend it, and, yes, choose it.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Extraordinary benefits accrue to the tiny minority of people who are able to push just a tiny bit longer than most.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“And yet the real success goes to those who obsess. The focus that leads you through the Dip to the other side is rewarded by a marketplace in search of the best in the world.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“You and your organization have the power to change everything. To create remarkable products and services. To over deliver. To be the best in the world. How dare you squander that resource by spreading it too thin. How dare you settle for mediocre just because you’re busy coping with too many things on your agenda, racing against the clock to get it all done.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Quit the wrong stuff. Stick with the right stuff. Have the guts to do one or the other.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit

“It’s Almost Impossible to Overinvest in Becoming the Market Leader.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Here’s an assignment for you: Write it down. Write down under what circumstances you’re willing to quit. And when. And then stick with it.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“If you took organic chemistry in college, you’ve experienced the Dip. Academia doesn’t want too many unmotivated people to attempt medical school, so they set up a screen. Organic chemistry is the killer class, the screen that separates the doctors from the psychologists. If you can’t handle organic chemistry, well, then, you can’t go to med school.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“In a competitive world, adversity is your ally. The harder it gets, the better chance you have of insulating yourself from the competition. If that adversity also causes you to quit, though, it’s all for nothing.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“only a tiny portion of the audience is looking for the brand-new thing. Most people are waiting for the tested, the authenticated, and the proven.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“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, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The driving force that gets people to pay a specialist is that their disease is unpredictable or hard to diagnose. The reason we’re here is to solve the hard problems.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Successful people don’t just ride out the Dip. They don’t just buckle down and survive it. No, they lean into the Dip. They push harder, changing the rules as they go. Just because you know you’re in the Dip doesn’t mean you have to live happily with it. Dips don’t last quite as long when you whittle at them.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit