Seth Godin is an incredible human. He’s an author of 18, yes that’s right, 18 best selling books. He is an entrepreneur, a guru in marketing, and writes a post every day on his blog which has been noted as one of the top marketing blogs on the internet. Seth’s most current focus is his course called the altMBA focused on developing high-powered thinkers and leaders.
One of the things I like best about Seth is when he says something, it’s like lasers – it’s so clear and just makes sense. In this episode, you’ll hear why Seth refuses to give tips and tactics and instead would rather teach us how to see. We dig into failure and rejection, and understanding our impact by viewing it through the lens of “would they miss you if you’re gone”.
Anything worth doing, is worth doing because you changed someone else.
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Some Questions I Ask
- What’s your secret? [6:30]
- Is every time now, or is now special? [7:15]
- What’s the advice on playing through fear and going to the next step? [9:09]
- What are the specific actions one can take to unlock their genius? [12:56]
- Do you decide what matters or do you let others decide what matters for them? [25:59]
- What do you hear from others that people say that matters? [26:12]
- Is being different enough? [28:12]
- Is it wrong to architect something that doesn’t involve sharing? [32:29]
- Is work that does not change people failed work? [34:49]
- What role does intention take in your work? [36:14]
- What’s inspiring you right now? [36:34]
- What about the educational system pisses you off and what are you doing at AltMBA about it? [41:26]
- What advice can you give to an individual about continuing their education? [48:30]
- How do you face the day and what are your daily practices? [51:41]
- What was the motivation to build AltMBA? [54:42]
- What do you see as the future of continuing education? [58:55]
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How to set your future self up for success [8:00]
- What to do with your fear [9:30]
- Why Seth refuses to give tips and tactics and instead teaches how to see [14:50]
- Why no-one takes notes while on a date [16:50]
- The better alternative question to “what will happen?” [20:30]
- The hard truth about your talent and what you’re entitled to [24:20]
- A simple test to find out if your work matters [27:25]
- What it means to be remarkable [29:09]
- How Harley Davidson and Apple change people. [33:29]
- The definition of art and being an artist [35:28]
- How our public education system was born and why it’s now broken [41:54]
- The right questions parents should be asking their kids [47:00]
- A beautiful analogy between skate skiing and how to approach your work [50:25]
- Plus much more…
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