sethgodin What is high school for? In 2011, Seth Godin asked, What’s high school for? It was a prescient challenge to the status quo, that nearly 8 years later is more relevant than ever.
sethgodin Shorter Say what you need to say, then leave. Less is actually more, and the length of your speech or your document has nothing at all to do with your impact or your status.
Book Biz How book publishers can change their own future Great quote from Seth Godin on how bringing entrepreneurialism to publishing could save the major publishing houses.
sethgodin Godin on creating lasting value Consistently showing up on the radar of the right audience is more highly prized than reaching the masses, once then done.
Book Biz Has Godin nailed the future of publishing? Macro economic models don't work in the creative industries anymore. Here's Seth Godin's take.
sethgodin Using technical proficiency as an excuse for not shipping In another exemplary post, Seth Godin considers a frequent failing of many who use technical proficiency as an excuse for not shipping.
sethgodin Expectations Two posts on expectations in the past week or so interested me. One from Seth Godin, The paradox of expectations, and the other from soprano and author Lisa Bell, 1% expectation.
sethgodin The future of work Seth Godin nails the future of work in his post, The forever recession (and the coming revolution), except of course he’s talking about the work that needs to be done today. He
Book Biz Seth Godin on author scarcity and souvenirs Can’t remember the last time I blogged. Been way to busy with my head down sorting out some troubled business interests. It has been an object lesson in not investing emotionally in
Business #Godin on dependency on external #motivation Set Godin nails his daily post, Dependency on external motivation. Really worth a read if you have any inspiration to a life outside your carefully created box. As jobs turn into projects, the
sethgodin Seth Godin on game theory and free Very important blog post from Seth Godin today, The game theory of discovery and the birth of the free-gap. It’s a must read. Most people, most of the time, don’t buy
sethgodin Godin on the 'Taskmaster Premium' Seth Godin writes: How much are you paying for the privilege of having someone else tell you what to do? … We happily give up our freedom and our income in exchange for having
Book Biz Seth Godin on the future of libraries Seth Godin, discussing the future of libraries and ipso facto book consumption: The library is no longer a warehouse for dead books. Just in time for the information economy, the library ought to
Book Biz The secret of publishing success Seth Godin: No one wants to pay for a PDF if they don’t know who wrote it and what’s in it. Without the filter and imprimatur of a publishing house, we
sethgodin Seth Godin on effort Seth Godin on effort: The thing I care the most about: what do you do when no one is looking, what do you make when it’s not an immediate part of your
Books Can a free book be a bestseller? I love free stuff, particularly when it comes recommended by someone whose opinion I trust. Hence a free copy of Steve Pressfield’s new book Do The Work landed on my Kindle yesterday
sethgodin Small details I received an email from Seth Godin’s team the other day advising me that a free download of the Poke the Box PDF workbook was available. Cool! The mail noted that subscribers
Books Purple Cow #1 Seth Godin writes in Purple Cow: Instead of trying to use your technology and expertise to make a better product for your users’ standard behavior, experiment with inviting the users to change their
Books Godin’s Purple Cow I’ve belatedly started reading Seth Godin’s Purple Cow. A really enjoyable and easy read. Seth has some interesting things to say about marketing in the 21st Century and over the next
sethgodin Seth Godin publishing event Seth Godin is running a very limited publishing event in New York early 2011. At $650 it’s not inexpensive but it looks like great value. The new dynamics of book publishing, a
sethgodin Let Seth challenge your thinking I’m not always on the same page as marketing guru Seth Godin, but I am always challenged by his writing. If you’re the type of businessperson looking to transform your thinking
sethgodin Mediocrity I recently challenged a client that the standards they had set for the performance of our work were not being reciprocated. Suddenly they’d gone from wanting “the best” to being quite comfortable
sethgodin Seth Godin demands that we all expose ourselves I received the following in my favourite news reader and would have linked Seth Godin’s blog, however the site is/was down and authors, musicians, artists and chefs :-) alike to should
