The Best of 2013: Flying Closer to the Sun with Seth Godin

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

• Episode: The Best of 2013: Flying Closer to the Sun with Seth Godin
• Website: The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
• Feed URL: https://unmistakablecreative.com/podcast/rss
• Duration: 01:01:51
• Published: 2013-12-23 09:00

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.