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Even More Thoughts About Seth Godin

07/05/2022 by Debbi

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Here’s yet another in a series of thoughts I had while reading Seth Godin’s blog:

About “Effort”

Focus on things that matter when doing your work. Specifically, the quality of your work. Don’t waste time on shortcuts that lead to problems down the road, thus creating greater expense.

You can have it good, you can have it fast, or you can have it cheap. But you can’t have all three.

PS: I assume he meant “unusually high call volume”.

Here’s a link to the source.

About “An illusion of scale”

Bigger isn’t always better. More isn’t always enough.

To go really big, you need time, resources, and effort. Before you can do that, you need to know why you’re doing it. And quit wasting time doing stuff that does nothing for you. You or anyone else, for that matter.

Here’s a link to the source.

About “‘They were all bored to tears waiting to hear something they knew’”

New ideas are often misinterpreted as bad ones, I guess.

PS: But “Stairway to Heaven”? Have you not seen Wayne’s World?

Here’s a link to the source.

About “The test kitchen mindsets”

Quit agonizing over your click rates, your likes, your followers—the analytics. All of it.

Just do it and see if it works. If it fails, learn from that and keep going.

That’s the definition of an innovator.

PS: Reading this will not do the work for you. Writing it certainly hasn’t done it for me.

Here’s a link to the source.

About “What will you leave behind?”

Your desire and incentive to do a particular type of work will change over time. As you change and grow, you need to let go of old ways. However, even this new beginning will lead to another end.

PS: In twenty years, I might be dead.

Here’s a link to the source.

About “Afraid of afraid”

Don’t be afraid of being afraid. And don’t worry so much. If you aren’t afraid, you’re really not the brightest bulb paying attention to current events, are you?

Here’s a link to the source.

It’s Hard to Be the Domino

06/28/2022 by Debbi

 

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Here are some words to live by:

1. Did you mean it?

2. Can you defend it?

3. Did you say it with love?”

Here are some quotes:

“In a world that wants us to whisper, I choose to yell”

“When the world expects us to be silent, we choose to yell because getting uncomfortable can only guarantee our comfort.”

“People in systems count on our silence to keep us exactly where we are.”

“Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.”

“In a world that wants us to whisper, I choose to Yell!”

“comfort is overrated”

“Bridges that aren’t based on truth will collapse.”

“Being yourself can be a revolutionary act.”

“I’m a professional troublemaker.”


But some dominos fall … then just lie there. 🙂

Being a domino is HARD. Being a domino with dystonia is even fucking harder.

Listening to this speech isn’t enough, is it? That’s why I’m sharing it.

“I’m not going to let fear rule my life.”

And she’s only thirty? So young! Brava!

Lessons Learned from Seth Godin: Part Nine

03/01/2022 by Debbi

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I’m continuing on with this series of take-aways from Seth Godin’s blog posts. These are just my take on what he says.

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Lessons Learned From Seth Godin: Part Five

12/21/2021 by Debbi

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Looks like I’m going to keep this “lessons learned series” going for a bit. Maybe for a year or so or until I get bored with doing it.

In any case, here are some of my takeaways from reading Seth Godin’s blog.

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