229 - Seth Godin on Creativity, Generosity & The Practice
The Marie Forleo Podcast
Marie Forleo
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
"Of Miles Davis' 50 records, 30 of them were pretty bad." Seth Godin –– marketer, creative, and author of 19 bestsellers –– explains why your work needs a practice, and why that means accepting that not everything you create will be your best. Plus, get a rare peek into the personal writing practice behind his 20-year streak of daily blog posts.
https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/the-practice-book-seth-godin
Creativity is an action, not a feeling. Your work is too important to be left to how you feel today. @sethgodin @ThisIsSethsBlog via @MarieForleo
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| 0:00.0 | And so what I'm arguing for here is not perfection, nor am I arguing for betting everything on it working. |
| 0:07.0 | What I'm saying is the best way to do the work we want to do is to have a practice and to show up and do the work regardless of how the world around us and we are feeling. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey it's Marie Forlejo and welcome to another episode of Marie TV and the Marie Forleo |
| 0:26.8 | podcast. Now if you are someone who wants to get more of your creative work out in the world |
| 0:32.0 | I gotta tell you there's no better guide than today's guest. |
| 0:36.0 | Seth Godin has started successful companies, taught millions of people, and left his mark on our creative culture. He's the author of 19 |
| 0:45.0 | international bestsellers translated into more than 35 languages including |
| 0:50.3 | tribes, purple cow, lynchpin, The Dip, and this is marketing. |
| 0:55.1 | He also has one of the most popular blogs in the world. |
| 0:58.3 | He's also the founder of Alt MBA and the A Kimbo workshops, which are online seminars that have transformed the work of thousands of people. |
| 1:05.3 | His latest book is The Practice Shipping Creative Work. |
| 1:09.3 | Seth Golden, oh my goodness, thank you for coming back on for the practice. |
| 1:18.0 | I have to thank you. You're a shining light and it's so nice to see you again even if it's not in person. |
| 1:24.0 | Well, same. |
| 1:26.0 | And I will say this from my heart. |
| 1:28.0 | You keep getting better and better and better, which I was thinking about this. |
| 1:32.0 | I was like, well well that is the best |
| 1:34.0 | sales pitch for the practice right the fact that for me at least I've read I think |
| 1:41.5 | all of your books if not close to it and I enjoy them all and this one made a |
| 1:46.3 | profound impact on me I've pulled out some of my favorite pieces we'll walk through that |
| 1:50.1 | but I just want to tell you this I was reading it in preparation for our |
| 1:54.2 | conversation today and I got so inspired at some point I had to put it down Seth and I |
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