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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 86 - Seth Godin: It's Your Turn, Now What?

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Business, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2015

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Seth tells James that he had to write his new book What To Do When It's Your Turn because he had no choice. It's about what's holding you back, that voice in your head that pushes you to be mediocre or pushes you to hide. "It pushes us to dig deep inside so we can do better work and impact the things we care about." They talk about the industrial age and how it changed everything. "We invented public school to train children to sit still long enough to work in a factory." But now that we're in the postindustrial age, it's all leftover and everything has changed. They talk about why it's so important get out of your comfort zone. Seth tells James about when he realized that he was hiding from the big projects. How he was just playing it safe. Through a fortunate meeting, he realized that by speaking his truth, standing for something instead of just trying to fit in, is what gets you noticed. They transition into a great discussion about writing every day. Constantly putting yourself out there is critically important. Dance with your fear.   And read more books. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.0

This is the James Altature Show on the Stansbury Radio Network.

0:19.0

Seth Godin, this is the second time you're on the James Altature Show.

0:23.0

Welcome and thanks once again.

0:25.0

Well I'm glad I didn't blow it so badly the first time that you're getting it.

0:29.0

Letting me do it again.

0:30.0

No, not only did you not blow it, we only had a half hour last time which obviously led to me having more questions.

0:38.0

Like I kept thinking afterwards, oh I should have asked about X, Y and Z.

0:42.0

So now I have the chance to ask about X, Y and Z.

0:45.0

Perfect, my three favorite letters in the alphabet.

0:48.0

Well, a B and C are close ones too and Q is good.

0:53.0

But you just had a new book come out and you had to come out in a very innovative way.

0:59.0

What to do when it's your turn and it's always your turn and people can find it on yourturn.link.

1:06.0

I didn't even know a dot link was a possible thing.

1:09.0

Yours is the first website I ever went to like that.

1:12.0

So why don't we just start off?

1:15.0

The book just came out, people can get it at your turn.link.

1:17.0

They can't even get it on Amazon.

1:19.0

What was your thinking behind the way you've released this book and maybe describe the book a little bit?

1:25.0

The book is the most direct brave testament I could come up with about what is holding us back.

1:36.0

And I think what is holding us back is not access to tools or audience anymore.

1:41.0

I think what's holding us back is the voice in our head that pushes us to be mediocre or that pushes us to hide.

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