“The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.”

American author, marketing expert, entrepreneur, former dot-com business executive

Seth Godin is an American author, marketing expert, entrepreneur, and former dot-com business executive. He is also known by the pen name F. X. Nine. Godin is widely known for his writing on marketing and business, and for his work as an entrepreneur in the internet era. His books and essays focus on how ideas spread, how organizations change, and how people make choices in a crowded marketplace.