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🗓️ 31 May 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Getting past our confusion about labels
Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 20 books and a long-time entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher.
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0:00.0 | It's generally understood that one of the most coveted and delicious flavors of easily |
0:06.1 | available commercial ice cream is Ben and Jerry's brownie flavor. It's even available |
0:12.3 | in a vegan variety. Hey, it's Seth, and this is an all-new episode of a Kimbo. |
0:22.5 | We'll be back in a second to talk about proxies, but first, here's a message from our sponsor. |
0:36.1 | Hey, I'm Alexandra Dupalma, and I'm Kenya Denise, and we are the co-founders of Domino Sound, |
0:42.4 | a queer woman-owned production studio and boutique diversity consulting agency |
0:47.3 | creating authentically inclusive, innovative, and provocative multimedia content. |
0:52.4 | Yes, and we also happen to produce this very podcast, so we wanted to take this chance |
0:57.8 | to come on here and tell you what we really thought of Seth's new book titled Song of Significance, |
1:04.2 | A Manifesto for Teams, and the People Who Lead Them. Long story short, we loved the book, |
1:09.4 | we absolutely loved the book, and in this book, Seth really ponders what it means to be a human working |
1:17.1 | in the modern world, and how, with intention, we can remain true to ourselves, our life's mission, |
1:23.1 | and be a positive impact on the world through our professional lives. |
1:26.5 | This book really resonated so much with both of us because we're really trying to do work |
1:29.9 | that feels significant to us and create opportunities for others who want the same thing. |
1:33.9 | For Kenya and I, I can speak for myself. We've learned through all of our various work experiences |
1:38.0 | that productivity is not the most important thing in life, and despite what it feels like sometimes, |
1:43.1 | neither is how much you get paid, although they both do matter. |
1:46.5 | Yeah, but what makes a job truly great is feeling respected, feeling trusted, |
1:53.0 | feeling a part of the team, and knowing that deep down you're spending your precious, precious time |
1:58.6 | each day, doing work that really matters, and you know, you really can maintain humanity |
2:04.8 | while also maintaining productivity. In our work, I've seen it happen with my own eye, so it is |
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