1004: Seth Godin on How to Maximize Your Impact and Deliver Work That Matters

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Seth Godin shares insightful stories and perspectives to help us think strategically and create meaningful change in a complex world.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The mindset that makes you indispensable

2) Why to embrace that you’re an impostor

3) Three questions to ask with every project

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— ABOUT SETH —

Seth Godin is the author of 22 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. He’s also the founder of the altMBA and The Akimbo Workshops, online seminars that have transformed the work of thousands of people.

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. His book, This Is Marketing, was an instant bestseller around the world. The newest book, The Practice, is out at the end of 2020 and is already a bestseller. His newest project is leading a worldwide group of volunteers creating The Carbon Almanac.

In addition to his writing and speaking, Seth has founded several companies, including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. His blog (which you can find by typing “seth” into Google) is one of the most popular in the world. His podcast is in the top 1% of all podcasts worldwide.

In 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame. More than 20,000 people have taken the powerful Akimbo workshops he founded, including thealtMBA and The Marketing Seminar.

• Book: This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans (website)

• Book: The Practice: Shipping Creative Work

• Website: Seths.blog

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

• Book: Dune by Frank Herbert

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0:00.0	That's the definition of being awesome at your job. We don't need you to comply more than everyone else.
0:13.0	I can go to upwork for that. I can go to fiver for that.
0:16.0	What we need from you is to push and to imagine
0:20.0	because that's what worth paying for you.
0:23.0	The miracle of AI plus outsourcing is that if I can write down a job,
0:28.0	I can get someone to do it faster and cheaper than you.
0:32.0	That is actually what it is to be awesome at your job is to do things that are not right downable.
0:39.0	All sunk costs are gifts from your former self.
0:44.0	The peat of yesterday or 10 years ago did something for me today.
0:49.0	And you are allowed to say, no thanks.
0:51.0	You don't have to accept the gift. Now you can make a new decision with new information. That's Seth Gaudin. He's the founder of Alt-MBA in the A Kimbo workshops, writer of one of the most popular blogs on the planet, Seth's blog, and inductee to the Marketing Hall of Fame.
1:15.4	He's authored 22 books including Lynchpin, Tribes, and This is Marketing.
1:19.8	He's also appeared previously on how to be awesome at your job. Whenever I encounter Seth, I walk away wiser and inspired.
1:26.8	And I hope he'll do the same for you as he shares fresh insights
1:29.6	from his latest book, This Is Strategy.
1:32.1	Make Better Plans.
1:33.4	So you'll learn one, the mindset that makes you indispensable.
1:36.4	Two, why to embrace that you're an imposter?
1:39.4	And three, three questions to ask with every project.
1:43.0	And you want a summary write-up of these takeaways,
1:45.0	I recommend you sign up for the gold nuggets,
1:47.0	the free email newsletter awesome at your job.
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