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For better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/12/focus-on-learning-not-education
#learning #education #SocialLearning #AlbertEinstein #OscarWilde #SethGodin
Las marcas sólidas no se construyen con grandes discursos, sino con pequeñas acciones repetidas una y otra vez ☑️
En un mundo donde todos prometen 'la mejor calidad' o 'el mejor servicio', la verdadera diferencia no está en lo que dices, sino en las promesas que cumples 🤝
Cada promesa cumplida es un ladrillo más en la confianza de tu marca 🧱
¿Tu marca está cumpliendo lo que promete o sólo habla por hablar? 💬
#MarketingDigital #SethGodin #Branding #Marca #ConfianzaDeMarca #MarketingDC
In meetings, as in education, we need to connect the dots, not collect the dots.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/08/connect-the-dots
#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #FacilitatingChange #SethGodin #eventprofs
“People like us do healthy things like this”
What if Seth Godin's definition of culture can help us live healthier, more sustainable lives?https://nathans.blog/2026/09/14/people-like-us-do-healthy-things-like-this/
Quote of the Day
“We are not users, we are people.” — Seth Godin, “The Builder’s Creed,” Seth’s Blog (02026-07-07)
#people #SethGodin #users
🚀 Oh joy, another Seth Godin post that reads like a shopping list for his content empire. 📚 Why discuss the complexities of the Amazon tax when you can drown in self-promotion instead? 🙄
https://seths.blog/2026/08/the-amazon-tax/ #SethGodin #ContentEmpire #SelfPromotion #AmazonTax #Critique #HackerNews #ngated
For better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/12/focus-on-learning-not-education
#learning #education #SocialLearning #AlbertEinstein #OscarWilde #SethGodin
🎂 Azi îl aniversăm pe Seth Godin.
Cărțile autorului au astăzi preț special, cu până la 31% reducere față de prețul afișat.
La mulți ani!
Mindblowing Input von #SethGodin - er hat #Google #Gemini über Googles "relentless push to make blogs less popular" gefragt. Und die Maschine hat eine ehrliche Antwort geliefert.
Als #Bloggerin war mir das längst bewusst - ich habe es miterlebt! Aber das so bestätigt zu bekommen ... ist schon ne Nummer.
Hier die Analyse zum Tod des freien Internets durch die Maschine, die ihr gerade den letzten Todesstoß versetzt:
In de categorie Wat is kunst? (dit is de 30e post / antwoord op die vraag!): vandaag een blog van Seth Godin.
Deze kun je natuurlijk het beste zelf lezen, maar dit zijn de drie belangrijkste quotes.
Kunst verandert de maker en de kijker. Kunst vereist participatie. Kunst is een werkwoord.
Muziek, beelden, smaken en woorden worden kunst wanneer er een transformatie plaatsvindt.
Geen […]
https://janvandenberg.blog/kunst-is-een-werkwoord-volgens-seth-godin/ #SethGodin #WatIsKunst
For better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/12/focus-on-learning-not-education
#learning #education #SocialLearning #AlbertEinstein #OscarWilde #SethGodin
Two Problems with Whining. The first is that it doesn't work. You can whine about the government or your friends or your job or your family, but nothing will happen except that you'll waste time. Worse... far worse... is that whining is a reverse placebo. When you get good at whining, you start noticing evidence that makes your whining more true. So you amplify that and immerse yourself in it, thus creating more evidence, more stuff worth complaining about. If you spent the same time prattling on about how optimistic you are, you'd have to work hard to make that true...
-- Seth Godin ((Seth's Blog))
In meetings, as in education, we need to connect the dots, not collect the dots.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/08/connect-the-dots
#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #FacilitatingChange #SethGodin #eventprofs
Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
https://seths.blog/2026/04/the-book-of-concern/
“The book of concern is more than a conceptual hack. It’s an actual physical intervention, and it might be worth trying for a week.
Write down the emergency of this moment. The one that’s taking your gaze away from your strategy and the long-term work you set out to do. Write it down.
If it’s still important in two days, go ahead and focus on it.” #sethgodin
Ever feel like the best ideas deserve a *rewind*?
📚 These 3 talks are goldmines for the mind—articles & lectures to re‑read/watch every 3 months. Make notes, chew slowly, digest deeply. They’ll sharpen your thinking, spark joy, and remind you what’s truly important.
First: “Great Talks” by Shane Parrish – timeless wisdom from history’s sharpest minds.
🔗 https://fs.blog/great-talks/
#LifelongLearning #PersonalDevelopment #Wisdom
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Second: “How to Get Your Ideas to Spread” by Seth Godin. Ideas that stick aren’t accidents—they’re shaped, packaged, and shared with care. Watch, note‑take, apply.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62rgESCyB2g
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Third: Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” – a powerful reminder to live fully, chase childhood dreams, and leave kindness behind.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
#SethGodin #RandyPausch #IdeasSpread
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Pro tip: Set a calendar reminder. Revisit these once every 3 months—your future self will thank you. What’s *your* go‑to re‑read or re‑watch? Drop it below! 👇
#BooksWorthRereading #ReReadRegularly #Motivation #SelfImprovement
#altbot
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In meetings, as in education, we need to connect the dots, not collect the dots.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/08/connect-the-dots
#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #FacilitatingChange #SethGodin #eventprofs
For better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/12/focus-on-learning-not-education
#learning #education #SocialLearning #AlbertEinstein #OscarWilde #SethGodin
Things that feel risky.
Often aren’t.
In fact, they might be the safest way forward.
Zu gut, um es nicht zu teilen. 🤗
The easiest form of management is to encourage or demand that people do more. The other translation of this phrase is to go faster. The most important and difficult form of management (verging on leadership) is to encourage people to do better. Better is trickier than more because people have trouble visualizing themselves doing better. It requires education and coaching and patience to create a team of people who are better.
-- Seth Godin ((Seth's Blog))
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SethGodin #Improvement #Efficiency #Leadership #Management
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #360panorama #NewMexico
Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
Failure is the cost you pay to be right.
-- Seth Godin ((Seth's Blog))
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SethGodin #Failure #Success
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah
In meetings, as in education, we need to connect the dots, not collect the dots.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/08/connect-the-dots
#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #FacilitatingChange #SethGodin #eventprofs
Oer-blogger Seth zegt het volgende over kunst:
Art, on the other hand, is a bold assertion, something that might not work.
https://seths.blog/2025/12/bold-enough-to-fail/
Kunst is een gewaagde bewering, en iets wat misschien niet zal lukken.
Dat is weer eentje voor de verzameling.
https://janvandenberg.blog/kunst-volgens-seth-godin/ #SethGodin #WatIsKunst
For better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/12/focus-on-learning-not-education
#learning #education #SocialLearning #AlbertEinstein #OscarWilde #SethGodin
🚗✨ "Understanding Carriage" is a riveting deep dive into... well, nothing, honestly. Seth Godin's blog post is just another forgettable entry in the grand library of internet fluff that promises enlightenment but delivers more spam than substance. 🤖📧 Who knew understanding carriages involved subscribing to every course and digest available?
https://seths.blog/2025/12/understanding-carriage/ #UnderstandingCarriage #InternetFluff #SethGodin #SpamContent #CarriageCourses #HackerNews #ngated
Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
Seth Godin: Attention is now a "luxury good"—as if your overflowing inbox wasn't already proof enough 🙄. Dive into his blog for more philosophical musings mixed with a healthy dose of shameless self-promotion 📢. Why read when you can subscribe to get even more updates you'll never open? 💌
https://seths.blog/2025/10/attention-is-a-luxury-good/ #SethGodin #AttentionLuxury #InboxPhilosophy #BlogUpdates #HackerNews #ngated
In meetings, as in education, we need to connect the dots, not collect the dots.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/08/connect-the-dots
#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #FacilitatingChange #SethGodin #eventprofs
It pays to have big dreams but low overhead.
-- Seth Godin ((Seth's Blog))
"People are going to buy this from someone, but why would they buy it from you?"
"The user doesn’t care how much it cost you to create. They don’t care how much you need the sale."
So, what _does_ your customer care about...?
"Value Creation," Seth's Blog https://seths.blog/2025/09/value-creation/?ref=refind
#advertising #creator #SethGodin #marketing #sales #smallbiz #smallbusiness #smartbiz #smartbusiness #SupplyAndDemand
For better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/12/focus-on-learning-not-education
#learning #education #SocialLearning #AlbertEinstein #OscarWilde #SethGodin
For better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/12/focus-on-learning-not-education
#learning #education #SocialLearning #AlbertEinstein #OscarWilde #SethGodin
Failure is the cost you pay to be right.
-- Seth Godin ((Seth's Blog))
@Sascha Alle sozialen Netzwerke, die stark mit Algorithmen arbeiten, sind anstrengend (für mich).
Auf #LinkedIn arbeite ich mit der #SethGodin-Methode.
Ich poste regelmässig, was mir gefällt und ignoriere alle guten Algorithmen Tipps.
Anders als Seth Godin beantworte ich jeden sinnvollen Kommentar.
In den letzten beiden Tagen habe ich zudem daran gearbeitet, die Notifikationen auf das absolute Minimum herunterzufahren.
In meetings, as in education, we need to connect the dots, not collect the dots.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/08/connect-the-dots
#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #FacilitatingChange #SethGodin #eventprofs
It pays to have big dreams but low overhead.
-- Seth Godin ((Seth's Blog))
For better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/12/focus-on-learning-not-education
#learning #education #SocialLearning #AlbertEinstein #OscarWilde #SethGodin
Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
Posting this here for my and your future benefit: #SethGodin on arguing with a toddler:
https://seths.blog/2025/04/how-to-win-an-argument-with-a-toddler/
Seth Godin’s 10,000th blog post
I’d write this blog even if no one read it, but the fact that you do, that you subscribe to it and share it, that’s my fuel.
https://seths.blog/2025/04/this-is-number-10000/
Seth was one of my first blog follows. This is an incredible feat. Kudos, Seth.
In meetings, as in education, we need to connect the dots, not collect the dots.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/08/connect-the-dots
#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #FacilitatingChange #SethGodin #eventprofs
It pays to have big dreams but low overhead.
-- Seth Godin ((Seth's Blog))
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SethGodin #Failure #Success
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #CoyoteButtesNorth #TheWave #VermilionCliffs #Utah
Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
Strategy questions
Seth Godin posted a selection of strategy questions a few weeks back, to coincide with his latest book’s release. I’ve found myself referring to these questions a few times, and wanted to post about it here to be sure everyone had a chance to notice them…
Where will I cause tension? What resistance should I anticipate from others (and myself)?
~ Seth Godin, from Strategy Questions
…just to pick one to quote, to give you a taste.
I’ve been using this list as a primer when I want to think about some project. I’ve found it works in my own head, as well as with other people.
As always, his asking really good questions is a gift; A tremendously empowering gift.
Is there a question in that list which scares you?
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For better meetings, Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Seth Godin agree that we need to focus on learning, not education!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/12/focus-on-learning-not-education
#learning #education #SocialLearning #AlbertEinstein #OscarWilde #SethGodin
The disturbing truth
Artists never stop looking for the disturbing truth behind the facade. When reality arrives, they won’t be surprised, because they saw it coming. Sometimes they even encouraged it to come.
~ Seth Godin
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#Creativity #Perspective #Quotes #SethGodin
The choice
It’s a choice. The choice between being the linchpin (the one people can’t live without) and the cog (who does what she’s told). The choice between doing art (and forging your own path, on your own terms, and owning what happens) and merely doing your job (which pushes all the power and all the responsibility to someone else).
The good news is that it’s your choice, no one else’s.
~ Seth Godin
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#Creativity #Perspective #Quotes #SethGodin
Purpose of myths
The purpose of myths is not to have us feel separate from the gods in stories but to have us understand that we are capable of the great feats that they perform.
~ Seth Godin
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#Mythology #Quotes #SethGodin
Overconfidence
The world is filled with overconfident people. Overconfidence leads to malpractice, to fraud, and to broken promises. Overconfidence is arrogance. You don’t want an overconfident surgeon or even an overconfident bus driver. By definition, overconfidence leads to risky behavior and inadequate preparation. But the practice requires us to do our work without becoming attached to the outcome. It’s not overconfidence, it’s a practice of experiments that respect the pitfalls of hubris.
~ Seth Godin
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#7ForSunday #Creativity #Quotes #SethGodin
Culture, passion, curiosity
If culture is sufficient to establish what we eat, how we speak, and ten thousand other societal norms, why isn’t it able to teach us a process to make art? Isn’t it possible for the culture to normalize goal setting and passion and curiosity and the ability to persuade? It can. And you don’t have to wait for it to happen. You can begin now.
~ Seth Godin
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#7ForSunday #Creativity #Curiosity #Quotes #SethGodin
Lifelong learning
Now that we’ve built an industrial solution to teaching in bulk, we’ve seduced ourselves into believing that the only thing that can be taught are easily measured “hard” skills. We shouldn’t be buying this. We can teach people to make commitments, to overcome fear, to deal transparently to initiate, and to plan a course of action. We can teach people to desire lifelong learning, to express themselves, and to innovate.
~ Seth Godin
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#7ForSunday #Education #Quotes #SethGodin
Watching the light go on
This was Seth Godin’s second appearance on Brian Koppelman’s show The Moment and captures a slightly less polished version of some of his usual messaging. It’s easier to see his path to really polished books like This is Marketing and The Practice.
I think we talked last time about watching the light go on for people. That is my mission. That is what I’ve been doing since I was 18 years old, that when I’m doing my best work, what I’m doing is engaging with someone and helping them see the world differently and let them do work that they care about. And sometimes you can do that with a book. And the magic of books used to be that millions of people would go to a store waiting for a light to be turned on. So it’s scaled. And it was a combination of solitary endeavor, but a community one as well. I do it in person with people I care about. But that doesn’t scale. So the question is, is there a way in this post book world to be able to create environments where people change.
~ Seth Godin ~3:17 in the July 7, 2015 episode of The Moment with Brian Koppelman
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Depending on where you normally listen, this episode might be hard to find. It’s more than 300 episodes back (7 years) in Koppelman’s The Moment podcast. I couldn’t find it on the main web site for the show. (I originally found it because I have a way of manually, human-reading RSS feeds, beginning from the first entry in a “drip” system.)
The link below is to a service from Overcast (the podcast player app) which will let you play it in your favorite web browser.
https://overcast.fm/+HS-ViyTws
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#7ForSunday #BrianKoppelman #GreatPodcastEpisodes #SethGodin
Trust yourself and promise
What we seek out is someone who sees us and consistently keeps their promises to bring us the magic we were hoping for. Someone who has committed to rhyming with what they did yesterday. When you trust yourself enough to turn pro, You’re entering into a covenant with those you seek to serve. You promise to design with intention, and they agree to engage with the work you promised to bring them.
~ Seth Godin
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#Creativity #Quotes #SethGodin
Friction and process
Picasso observed that, “inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” Inspiration has to find you in the midst of your practice.
Let’s say that I enjoy painting. When I find myself painting, I usually find myself happy. I love the feeling of setting down my brush after having worked out some little problem in a painting. And so, I decide I’m going to paint regularly.
Or let’s say I enjoy sailing. I love the adventure, or the wind in my face. And so, I decide I’m going to sail regularly.
Or, running, writing, movement, music … your choice.
But without concrete plans, and clear processes, I will never actually do the practice. Friction, followed closely by excuses, will sap my momentum. If I’m to be a runner, my shoes, clothes, music or whatever I need— Those things must be in place. For any practice there are some things which you will feel must be in place.
The processes that I’m imagining, which remove friction and enable my practice, have a steady state. For my process, what does “done” look like? It looks like me sailing so often I can’t even remember not sailing all the time. Or it looks like me running and jumping and playing so often that my body is a comfortable place for my mind.
Matthew Frederick, the author of 101 Things I learned in Architecture School, makes this point:
True style does not come from a conscious effort to create a particular look. It results obliquely—even accidentally—out of a holistic process.
This point about a holistic process—the idea that mastery isn’t some higgledy-piggledy mish-mash of throwing things together—is an idea I’ve held dearly for a long time. Every single time that I’ve decided to take a process, and repeat it in search of understanding, the learning and personal growth has paid off beyond my wildest dreams.
I’m a process process process person. The second time I have to do something, I’m trying to figure out how to either never have to do that again, or how to automate it. (And failing those two, it goes into my admin day.) Random activity, powered by inspiration works to get one thing done. But inspiration doesn’t work in the long run, and it won’t carry me through my practice.
Instead, I want to know what can I intentionally do to set up my life, so that I later find myself simply being the sort of person who does my chosen practice? I want to eliminate every possible bit of friction that may sap my momentum.
There’s a phrase in cooking, mise en place, meaning to have everything in its proper place before starting. The classic example of failure in this regard is to be half-way through making something only to realize you’re missing an ingredient and having to throw away the food. Merlin Mann, who’s little known beyond knowledge workers, has done the most to improve processes for knowledge workers and creative people. I’m not sure if he’s ever said it explicitly, but a huge part of what he did was to elevate knowledge workers and creatives by cultivating a mise en place mindset.
And don’t confuse “process” or a “mise en place” mindset with goals. Forget goals. Focus on the process, and focus on eliminating friction.
To quote Seth Godin:
The specific outcome is not the primary driver of our practice. […] We can begin with this: If we failed, would it be worth the journey? Do you trust yourself enough to commit to engaging with a project regardless of the chances of success? The first step is to separate the process from the outcome. Not because we don’t care about the outcome. But because we do.
And I’ll give my last words to Vincent Thibault, author of one of my favorite books:
That is how we are still conditioned socially as adults: Do, achieve, produce results, instead of be, feel, enjoy the process. Quantitative over qualitative. We are obsessed by performance and “tangible” results. But that is one of the great teaching of Parkour and Art du Déplacement: That the path is just as enjoyable as the destination; That sometimes it is even more important, and that oftentimes it is the destination.
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#Apogee #MatthewFrederick #Process #SethGodin #VincentThibault
Skill
Skill is earned. It’s learned and practiced and hard-won. It’s insulting to call a professional talented. She’s skilled, first and foremost. Many people have talent, but only a few care enough to show up fully, to earn their skill. Skill is rarer than talent. Skill is earned. Skill is available to anyone who cares enough.
~ Seth Godin
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#Creativity #Quotes #SethGodin
Attachment
Worrying is impossible without attachment. No one worries about the weather on Saturn, because no one is counting on the weather to be a certain way. The time we spend worrying is actually time we’re spending trying to control something that is out of our control. Time invested in something that is within our control is called work. That’s where our most productive focus lies.
~ Seth Godin
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#7ForSunday #Focus #Quotes #SethGodin #Worrying
The specific outcome
The specific outcome is not the primary driver of our practice. […] We can begin with this: If we failed, would it be worth the journey? Do you trust yourself enough to commit to engaging with a project regardless of the chances of success? The first step is to separate the process from the outcome. Not because we don’t care about the outcome. But because we do.
~ Seth Godin
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#Process #Quotes #SethGodin
Small asks
The world expects that its requests will be accepted. That assignments, lunch dates, new projects, and even favors will get a yes. […] It’s just a small ask, the person thinks. Responding or reacting to incoming asks becomes the narration of your days, instead of the generous work of making your own contribution.
~ Seth Godin
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#Focus #GettingThingsDone #Quotes #SethGodin