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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

46: Seth Godin on Why You Shouldn't do What You're Told

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Marketing guru and multiple New York Times bestselling author Seth Godin explains why you should focus less on doing what you're told and more on doing work that's worth doing. In order to take advantage of the unique opportunuties afforded by our times, some rules just have to be broken. Some people just get it. They grasp the spirit of the times in ways that ordinary people don't. They understand the patterns and progression of history, and can interpret current events and trends with rare wisdom and insight. Seth Godin is one such person. You might say his knowledge about the world of business borders on the prophetic. You could also safely say Seth Goden is a man who sees the world not for what it is, but for what it could be. He's in the business of change: predicting it, implementing it, and watching it unfold. You've probably seen his TED talks, his books, his blog, his podcast; he's the one of those characters who are grounded, yet somehow still larger than life. For those late to the Godin party, he's a marketing guru, founder of Squidoo.com and world-renowned author of 17 business bestsellers including Linchpin, Unleashing the Ideavirus, Tribes, and Purple Cow. For a man who understands tribes, he has proved time and again that he can walk the talk, building, in the process, a legion of raving fans-people who thrive on his entertaining blend of business and sociology.   In this interview you will learn:   - How to when to ship a project and when its ready to be released into the world   - Why perfect doesn't exist - The best analogy we have ever heard for good marketing - Seth's failures - Why it's YOUR turn!  - The importance of blogging every day - & So MUCH MORE!

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is episode number 46 with Seth Godin of the Founder Podcast.

0:06.1

Discover exactly what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur and what's possible through entrepreneurship from the greatest minds in business today.

0:15.0

Welcome to the founder podcast.

0:17.2

Here's your host, Nathan Shah.

0:25.5

Yeah. Here's your host, Nathan Chan. Hello and welcome to the Founder Podcast.

0:29.4

My name is Nathan Chan and I am your host coming to you live from Melbourne, Australia.

0:35.7

Thank you again for joining me for another episode of the founder podcast.

0:40.8

You guys are in for an absolute treat because this episode, I bring you one of my all-time

0:49.4

favorite marketers, idols, and this guy's just an absolute beast.

0:55.7

Like, I love his work so much.

0:58.5

And ever since I became an entrepreneur, you know, got into this whole entrepreneurship thing

1:04.8

about two and a half years ago, I'd never, I'd never heard of Seth.

1:09.3

And I didn't really know his work work but once I started getting into the

1:13.4

scene and really hearing about his work reading it and and learning from it and reading

1:20.0

a lot of his books and reading it you know signing up to his mailing list and reading all his

1:24.4

blog posts and stuff like that, I've learned so much.

1:28.1

And when this guy speaks, I take it very, very seriously, and I'm always listening.

1:34.1

And I'm always watching what he's doing because he's a true innovator, true marketer and entrepreneur.

1:40.5

So I'm really, really pumped to share this conversation with you.

1:44.6

Funny little story is I pitched Seth like a Friday night.

1:49.4

It was like a Friday night.

1:50.6

It pitched him at 1130.

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