Seth Godin
25 statements across 2 episodes · 6 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 23, 2021 by Seth Godin · said 4 times in 2 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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Godin: Creative practices exist to quiet the conformity-driven internal critic
“One voice is hyperliterate, and verbal, and vocal, and a critic. It is responsible for getting us to fit in all the way. The other voice, not that good at being verbal. That Self is the one that wants to make things better, that's curious, that's inquisitive, …”
Feb 23, 2021 positive
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Godin: Treating modern knowledge work as serious work improves its quality
“And I think as we get more and more privileged, where our work looks so much more like what people used to think of as hobbies, we can get confused by the fact that our work is a hobby. It's not. And treating it like our work, I think, helps us make it better.”
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Feb 23, 2021
Godin: Professional work is not personal identity, protecting creators from shame
“Because now, and this is key, the work is not personal. The work is the work. In the resources I had allocated, I did the best work I could to meet the spec. Here it is. This is not me. This is the work. If you don't like the work, teach me so I can change my …”
Feb 23, 2021
Godin: A book functions as a devotion signal and shareable artifact
“A book is two things. First, it's a signal to the reader to say this person, who you know could have written a blog post, decided to devote a year of his or her life to handing it to you in this complete form that is timeless and shareable. And the second part…”
Feb 23, 2021 positive
Seth Godin: Deciding once creates an enduring creative practice
“If you have a practice, You get through them. You get through them because you already decided there was going to be a blog post tomorrow, and you already decided that the podcast comes out on a regular basis, and you already decided whatever it is. Make the d…”
Feb 23, 2021 negative
Godin: Seeking external reassurance is futile because validation quickly fades
“Reassurance is futile. Reassurance that we seek is like a warm bath that feels great, and then you need more of it, because the future is unpredictable, and when the future doesn't match what you hoped for, the reassurance you used to have isn't enough. You ne…”
Feb 23, 2021
Godin: Defending your work is critical to avoid becoming a cost-free contributor
“Your work is your work, and defending it is critical. Because otherwise, you are going to do nothing but be a cost-free, unprioritized contribution to other people's work that will never amount to what it needs to be, because your work will not be appropriatel…”
Feb 23, 2021 positive
Godin: Creators and startups must target the smallest viable audience
“That our goal cannot be to be for everyone. That we have to be for someone, the smallest viable audience, not the biggest possible audience, and so for people who are, you know, taking notes in search of a nugget, that's one that can change how you do your wor…”
Feb 23, 2021 negative
Godin: Compulsory education is coercion; genuine learning requires serial incompetence
“Education is compliance, education is Compulsory education is coercion. Learning is serial incompetence on our way to getting better, and so the flip, the pairing, the tandem of emotional labor is, do you care enough to learn something?”
Feb 23, 2021
Godin: Live verbal presentations should transfer emotion, not information
“If you want to exchange or deliver information to a group of people, one of the worst ways to do it is with a live verbal presentation. If your goal is actually to deliver that scientific paper or that insight, then you should either write a book or write a me…”
Feb 23, 2021 positive
Godin: People discover their identity by taking deliberate action first
“And I would like to flip Dolly's phrase upside down, and I'd like to say, do it on purpose, and you'll find out who you are. Asking for a guarantee before you start isn't helpful. Instead, we need to look at a concept, an idea, and be willing to try it out wit…”
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Godin: Define media boundaries and constraints before creating content
“I always come up with
My media boundaries before I come up with the media content. And I learned that when I was a book packager, meaning I don't say I have a good idea. I'm going to make a book. I say, what are the constraints of books? How do I explore that?…”
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