#105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Farnam Street
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2021
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Seth Godin is the author of 20 bestselling books, founder of altMBA, the Akimbo podcast and runs one of the most popular blogs in the world. Seth and Shane chat about creative work, fear, shame, trusting yourself, what it means to be a professional, how to become an observer of reality, emotional labor, how we learn and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | I've never said these out loud, so I'm going to try them with you first. |
| 0:03.6 | Or as it's three pillars. |
| 0:05.3 | But before I share them with you, a quote from the great philosopher, Dolly Parton, and |
| 0:11.1 | what she said was, find out who you are and do it on purpose. |
| 0:15.2 | The do it on purpose is a significant underpinning of the kind of ideas that you expose in your |
| 0:25.0 | work. |
| 0:26.0 | But here's something you might benefit from if you're trying to do x, y, or z on purpose. |
| 0:32.2 | And I would like to flip Dolly's phrase upside down. |
| 0:36.2 | And I'd like to say do it on purpose and you'll find out who you are. |
| 0:40.4 | Asking for a guarantee before you start isn't helpful. |
| 0:44.1 | Instead, we need to look at a concept and idea and be willing to try it out with intent |
| 0:51.1 | because if we do, if we try it on for size, we will figure out if it fits us as opposed |
| 0:56.7 | to the opposite, which is spending a lot of time figuring out who we are and then going |
| 1:01.7 | and finding the things that fit us. |
| 1:19.9 | Hello and welcome to the knowledge project. |
| 1:21.9 | I'm your host, Shane Perish. |
| 1:24.4 | This podcast sharpens your mind by helping you master the best what other people have |
| 1:28.1 | already figured out. |
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