#476: Seth Godin on The Game of Life, The Value of Hacks, and Overcoming Anxiety
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
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🗓️ 26 October 2020
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
Seth Godin (@ThisIsSethsBlog) is the author of 19 international bestsellers translated into more than 35 languages, including Tribes, Purple Cow, Linchpin, The Dip, and This Is Marketing. He writes daily at Seths.blog, which is one of the most popular blogs in the world. 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. His newest book is The Practice: Shipping Creative Work.
In this episode, we explore many topics, including:
- The value of hacks
- The magic of Hamilton
- What learning to juggle and cultivating creativity have in common
- The myth of quality
- What Seth means by “Don’t steal the revelation.”
- Focusing on generosity instead of anxiety
- Choosing the ruleset for your own game of life
- How Joni Mitchell eschewed the safety of the sinecure
- What you would do if you knew you would fail?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello boys and girls ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris and welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris show where it is my job every episode to deconstruct world class performers from all different disciplines all different worlds. My guest today. |
| 0:12.0 | A fan favorite is Seth Goden. You can find them on Twitter at this is Seth's blog. |
| 0:18.0 | Seth is the author of 19 International best sellers translated into more than 35 languages. |
| 0:23.0 | Can't wait until he has his 20th that'll make that number so much cleaner including tribes purple cow linchpin the dip and this is marketing he writes daily at sets. |
| 0:33.0 | Blog which is one of the most popular blogs in the world and has been for God decades. I would imagine at this point he's also the founder of the alt MBA in the Akimba workshops online seminars that have transformed the work of thousands of people. |
| 0:45.0 | He writes about the post industrial revolution the ways ideas spread marketing quitting leadership and most of all changing everything his new book is the practice subtitle shipping creative work you can find him online at. |
| 1:00.0 | Seth's dot blog or Seth Goden dot com he's on Twitter but he's not an active tweeter you can find that at this is Seth blog and on Instagram handled by his team at Seth Goden. |
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