086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

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Ryan Hawk

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🗓️ 4 January 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Seth Godin is a legend in the marketing and leadership world. He truly understands the importance of “deciding to” and having an intense focus on continuous improvement. Learning more about the most important job we (parents) will ever have is imperative to me. Seth shares detailed, research backed evidence to how we can better lead and “cause a ruckus” as he would say. We are extremely fortunate to have Seth share her knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show.

Seth Godin is the author of 18 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of all, changing everything. You might be familiar with his books Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip and Purple Cow.

In addition to his writing and speaking, Seth founded both Yoyodyne and Squidoo. His blog (which you can find by typing "seth" into Google) is one of the most popular in the world.

He was recently inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame, one of three chosen for this honor in 2013. His newest book, What To Do When It's Your Turn, is already a bestseller.

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

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The Learning Leader Show

“If You're Not Upsetting Anyone, You're Not Changing The Status Quo."

Some Questions I Ask:

What are the common characteristics of leaders who have sustained excellence over time?
What are your thoughts on parenting and how to be a great Dad?
Why is school a con?
If you were made super intendant of a school district tomorrow, what are some of the first things you would do?
Should people go to college? Why or why not?
When initially asked to be a guest on my show, what made you respond that you would do it 9 months later? Was it related to “The Dip?”
Why don’t you do one on one coaching or consulting work?
What is a typical day in the life of Seth Godin?
Why should we seek out jobs where we don’t need a resume?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The importance of “deciding to” and why it’s our turn
School was invented by industrialist for you to be a cog
How we all can learn one simple idea
The Dip – Understanding it and how to prosper and prepare for it
Why we all need to change everything – And THINK about it that way
The importance of focusing and understanding when to say no and why
Why Seth will never tweet
The economics of podcasting and blogs

“Leading is a skill, not a gift.”

Continue Learning:

Go To Seth’s website: com
Read: LINCHPIN - Are You Indispensible?
Read: WHAT TO DO WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN (and it's always your turn)
Follow Seth’s blog on Twitter: @ThisIsSethsBlog

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From SethGodin.com

In addition to his writing and speaking, Seth founded both Yoyodyne and Squidoo. His blog (which you can find by typing "seth" into Google) is one of the most popular in the world.

He was recently inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame, one of three chosen for this honor in 2013.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Show me a six month old baby that people are following around. Not too many, right?
0:04.8	That we what we see is that, you know, Gandhi who was born in India grew up in South Africa, wasn't particularly handsome except for his
0:15.6	haircut, and you know ended up changing a nation. Where's the part in Gandhi's life
0:22.1	that shows that he was born to be the Mahatma?
0:25.2	I don't see it.
0:26.8	And you know, it's very flattering when people like you talked to me like I'm a leader, but the fact
0:31.7	is that for eight years I was near bankruptcy.
0:34.4	I got 850 rejections my first years of book packager.
0:38.8	That we were within weeks of having to lay off every single person in the organization.
0:43.6	That my wife and I went window shopping in restaurants.
0:47.0	That was part of the deal.
0:49.0	But not one person in those days came up to me and said,
0:52.0	oh, you must be a boring leader. Not one.
0:55.0	Our leaders born or are they made. Our host, Ryan Hawk, believes that leaders can be made
1:01.0	through determined, focused work on learning the art and science behind
1:05.0	the makeup of other successful leaders.
1:07.6	Now it's time to inhale knowledge and exhale success.
1:10.8	You're listening to the Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk and a big happy
1:32.2	new years to all of you the great loyal supporters and
1:35.6	listeners of the Learning Leader Show thank you so much for being here and I
1:39.7	thought what better way to get the new year kicked off with some juice than to have a great
1:45.4	featured leader and we've done that with the legendary Seth Godin? Seth is the author of
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