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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Don't just Do Something, Stand There

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

What’s it for, who’s it for and the magic of design thinking



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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0:00.0

If you had thoroughly read our shipping policies, you would see that it states that our shipping time frame was four to six weeks as an estimate,

0:10.0

and that it could take longer depending on the workload.

0:13.0

This is all clearly stated.

0:15.4

It is not an exact date.

0:18.4

We cannot give customers an exact date

0:21.1

as to when their items will be shipped because they are all handmade

0:24.8

one at a time.

0:27.2

And obviously you have no idea what goes into making these items.

0:32.1

We make packages and ship every order ourselves. The shop is not a

0:37.3

warehouse. We do not pull products off a shelf and ship them out instantly. Restating our policies are all we can do for people that do not read them before ordering.

0:49.0

Your seven-week wait time is shortly past our estimated date, which is acceptable according to

0:56.1

our stated time frames.

0:58.4

I will let the boss know that you do not approve of how he runs his business of 28 years.

1:04.4

I'm sure he will be happy to respond to your email himself

1:08.8

and I'm sure you will not be happy with what he has to say.

1:14.0

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

1:20.0

Well, we've been here. We'll be back after this message from our featured nonprofit.

1:30.0

Namaste, my name is Nongru. I'm the director of learning out. We offer language classes and organized

1:34.7

events to encourage creativity and leadership.

1:37.7

Our work evolved from crowd funding projects and with the help of private donations and small grants we've been able to broaden our impact.

1:46.0

My name is Bishop Student, I'm learning advancing this.

1:48.0

We've helped students get into colleges abroad, even Harvard, seen mothers learn to write their names in English, and inspire local leaders

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