seth godin
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Losing our edge
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1 min read
Being weird used to be lonely. But then the Internet happened. The web connected the vinyl collectors, the sneakerheads, and the want-to-be Romance novelists. Niches came together, competed, collaborated, cheered each other on while a select few took their micro, macro until their weird became the new standard. “Success blurs. It rounds off the rough…
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Seth Godin on writer’s block
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4 min read
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see the disclosure for more info. Writer’s block is a myth created by people who are afraid to do the work. There are various reasons writers let the blank page get the best of their emotions. Trying to be too perfect Procrastinating en route to excuses that usually include the…
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Never quit something with great long-term potential just because you can’t deal with the stress of the moment. Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
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No one is normal
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2 min read
The environment that we live in intends to become a part of our mind. But there’s always a mismatch between who we know we are and what others expect us to be. Human beings are intricate. No one individual is alike. Mimetic thinking makes us feel worse, not better in the long-run. Conforming is like…
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Seth Godin updated his ShipIt journal in collaboration with Moo. The Shipit Journal works for a simple reason: It’s difficult to write things down. Difficult to break a project into small pieces and take ownership over each one. Mostly, it’s difficult to announce to yourself and to your team that you’re actually on the hook…
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We are ‘brilliant only in tiny bursts’
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1 min read
“The law of linchpin leverage: The more value you create in your job, the fewer clock minutes of labor you actually spend creating that value. In other words, most of the time, you’re not being brilliant. Most of the time, you do stuff that ordinary people could do. A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator…
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The unique shall inherit the Earth
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1 min read
There are three ways to stand out and be remembered: Be so good that they can’t ignore you. Be so interesting that they can’t ignore you. Be so unique that they can’t ignore you. Talent is usually enough, but everyone can take a great picture. Technology and the internet leveled the playing field. Grabbing attention…
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The chemicals between us
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1 min read
We all want to experience pleasure all the time. But it’s utility is temporary, the dopamine hit comes and goes. Addiction is the attempt to make it last forever. Spinning the social media wheel, again and again, is a prime example of its superficiality. Happiness, on the other hand, “is long-term, additive and generous.” It’s…
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How to make up your mind and decide
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2 min read
Decisions are multi-faceted. They can be manifested as desires, little bets about how you want things to go. After all, all believing is betting. However, you can also decide against your best wishes. No one wants to put a sick dog to sleep. Difficult decisions paralyze people’s judgment. “Sometimes it’s not what I want to do…