Seth Godin

Why It’s Both Easier And Harder to Be in the Book Business

Yesterday, Seth Godin announced that the Domino Project had released its last hardcover. An understated point within the post was: “The ebook is a change agent like none the book business has ever seen.” As you may recall, I’ve been on a book-writing journey for a good while now. In my last post on the [...]

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Be Prepared To Make Bad Decisions

I’ve been thinking a lot about planning, decision-making, and execution lately. Okay, I always think a lot about those topics, but I’ve been thinking about them even more intently than usual. You’ve no doubt heard someone – maybe me or Seth or other tributes to failure – encourage you to fail fast and fail often if you [...]

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The Magic is in the Space Between Conversations

Editor’s Note: This is Seth Godin‘s contribution to our month-long core conversation on “Great Connections Lead to Great Ideas.” Seth’s thinking and work has had a profound impact on my own and I consider him a mentor-from-afar. His contribution is insightful and edge-working as ever… ***** There’s no doubt that great conversations can lead to [...]

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The Creative Entrepreneur’s Guide to Linchpin

I’d normally start a book review by talking about the book, but this time, I’d rather talk about the author. Seth Godin has been called a revolutionary thinker, a pioneer, and a trendsetter, among other things. And while those descriptions are true, I think it’s better to understand Seth as a really good weatherman. A [...]

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Trust Agents, Ideaviruses, and the Retweet Misstep

The developers at Twitter rolled out a new retweeting feature in the last few days, and I’m not a big fan. A few people on Twitter asked me why I don’t like it, so I wanted to take a few minutes to explain why. By and large, I agree with most of what Lisa Barone [...]

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Why You Might Not Want To Be A Chai Wallah

This video post is a reaction to Seth’s “Chai Wallah,” which has been on my mind for a few weeks. The video is almost six minutes long, and if you’re reading this in a feed reader, you might have to click through to view it. Thanks for watching!

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The High Cost of Information

Seth wrote a post back in December that really touched a nerve on a ubiquitous problem that I see pop up nearly every day. His point was about the High Cost of Now – and his key insight: More than ever, there’s a clear relationship between how new something is and how much it costs [...]

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Idea Nodes, Opportunity Chains, and Hypernetworking

The true nature of connectedness is about the quality of connections and not the quantity of connections. Though a lot of us know this on some level, we really don’t understand it. Perhaps we can’t really understand it due to the complexity of connections. Hyperconnectivity comes from the type of communication and interactions people exhibit [...]

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When A Cobbler Wears His Shoes…

Last week was a good week on the productivity front for me. You saw this as an increase in posts, but it was also manifested in my offline work. I’ve had a few people ask me what changed last week so I’ll answer for everyone. Although this is a walk-through of what I as one [...]

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