The Best of 2013: Flying Closer to the Sun with Seth Godin
Seth Godin has made a career out of flying closer to the sun. When I asked him how ships so many amazing projects, he simply replied "This might not work is something I say to myself before I launch any project." I hope this conversation encourages and inspires to you try things that might not work, fly closer to the sun, and make a ruckus.
- Why Seth has Always Changed the Status Quo with His Work
- A Look at How We Became Brainwashed into Defending the Status Quo
- The Amazing Resources at Your Disposal Today
- Why You Can't Sell Average Stuff for Average People
- The Mistake People Make When They Look at the Internet
- The Commonalities Between the People Who Stand Out
- Why Massive Amounts of Attention Are Not a Guarantee for Success
- The Power of Connecting People to Each Other
- Why Larger Bodies of Work Show People that You're Serious
- The Role that Zig Ziglar Has Played In Seth's Work
- The Importance of Training Yourself that Failure is OK
- Why Every Goal Worth Pursuing Requires Other People
- A Look Into EdgeCrafting and Redefining Categories
- The Launch and Inception of The Domino Project
- How Seth Launched The Domino Project
- Involving Other People When You Want to Make a Ruckus
Tweetable Insights Include:
- I've had a habit of consistently trying to change the status quo with my work (Click to Tweet)
- Part of my work is unbrainwashing people (Click to Tweet)
- Mass attention is almost unattainable and if you can have it, it's not clear that you want it (Click to Tweet)
- If it's a project and you know it's going to end, you might as well make a ruckus (Click to Tweet)
Seth Godin is the founder of Squidoo.com , an author, and blogger. You can follow him on twitter @ThisIsSethsBlog. If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes.