“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle Where will your ideas originate today? The ones that will help you lead better? The ones that will bring more customers to your…
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle Where will your ideas originate today? The ones that will help you lead better? The ones that will bring more customers to your…
Being a leader today is easier than ever. As long as you have a shared interest with others and a way to communicate, you are ready to go. Set up a LinkedIn Group Write a blog about your favorite hobby…
(Godin’s Gems is a weekly tribute to Seth Godin, who is an entrepreneur, marketing guru and author. He has written thousands of blogs that are insightful, refreshing and important if you care about success in business. I share my favorites.)…
(Godin’s Gems is a weekly tribute to Seth Godin, who is an entrepreneur, marketing guru and author. He has written thousands of blogs that are insightful, refreshing and important if you care about success in business. I share my favorites.)…
Every time you use waffle words, back off from a clear statement of values and priorities and most of all, think about what’s likely instead of what’s possible, you are selling yourself out. Not just selling yourself out, but doing it too cheaply.
The T-shirt rule is not about t-shirts. It’s about the thought you put into why you do what you do and telling others your story that they will never forget.
Your upbringing, social circles and self esteem play a role. When you consistently opt for conformity, ask yourself why that feels best?
Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you’ve been holding back from… and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.
The magical thing about selling hope is that it makes everything else work better, every day get better, every project work better, every relationship feel better. If you can actually deliver on the hope you sell, there will be a line out the door.
When Godin asks: “What next, what now” he is challenging us to look at what lies ahead and what we want to accomplish. He is trying to redefine “done” by saying that we may never be done.
Inspired by WHY 