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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Big games

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

And little games


Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 19 books and a long-time entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher.

You can find out more about Seth by reading his daily blog at seths.blog and about the workshops at akimbo.com .

To submit a question and to see the show notes, please visit akimbo.link and press the appropriate button.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Some people don't like games, but the truth is, we're all playing them all the time.

0:06.4

The thing is, some games are little games, and some games are big games.

0:10.6

Hey, it's Seth, and this is a Kimbo.

0:20.0

We'll be back in a second to talk about strategies, tactics, moves, winning, losing, and

0:25.1

the infinite game, but first, here's a message from our sponsor.

0:31.0

Hi, it's Benedict, you and I'm here to talk to you about how you can become a better storyteller.

0:37.0

Storytelling is not an art reserve for the chosen few. It's a skill that you can learn,

0:42.6

just like the students have taken part in the story's skills workshop have done.

0:49.0

Actually, I had a story to tell that was really important for me,

0:54.0

but also was going to be very, very important for people in the future.

0:59.0

It's been absolutely life-changing for me to see stories everywhere and to see my own stories.

1:04.0

I was surprised that the learning was as much in the giving as in the receiving.

1:10.0

We got to not only learn about Storytelling, we actually got to practice using stories in our everyday life.

1:20.0

If you're ready to become a better storyteller, I hope you'll join us.

1:24.0

I hope you'll check it out, visit Achimbo.com slash go for all the upcoming workshops.

1:31.0

Go make a ruckus.

1:33.0

Chess is a game, it's an almost perfect little game.

1:37.0

There are 64 squares, there are 32 pieces, the rules can fit on two sheets of paper.

1:54.0

The rules are the rules, you play the game, you can lose the game or you can win the game.

1:59.0

And some people don't want to play chess because the game is a little trivial.

2:04.0

It's trivial in the sense that it is a pastime, it is something that is not going to affect the outside world.

2:12.0

And it's something that a lot of people aren't very good at and it doesn't make them feel good to play a game.

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