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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

How to get into a famous college

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

(and how to build a body of work)



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

I was as shocked as you were when I heard the news. I couldn't believe that the Ivy League

0:07.5

had changed their policies and now Harvard and Princeton and the rest.

0:13.2

We're going to accept students based on one single criteria,

0:18.8

which is how tall they are.

0:22.3

Because after all, it can be shown that throughout history,

0:26.4

many of our leaders have been tall.

0:29.6

That the average height of a Nobel Prize winner is three to four inches higher than the

0:36.7

average height of that person's peers? Height? Really? Clearly that has nothing to do with how you're going to do in college.

0:46.0

Hey, it's Seth, and this is a Kimbo. Obviously I'm kidding.

0:55.0

We'll be back in a second with more on this.

1:00.0

But first, here's a message from our sponsor, Lenovo.

1:05.0

My name is Moody Spatey and my small business is Lizziz Kitchen, a modern Lebanese restaurant.

1:11.0

My story starts in Lebanon. I was born and raised there, but I immigrated to the U.S. in 2006.

1:17.4

Upon coming here, I really missed a lot of the food, the culture, and the memories that are made and shared around the kitchen table.

1:25.9

And I realize that if I wanted to experience the flavors and traditions I left behind, that it would

1:31.0

be up to me.

1:32.4

Because for me me cooking is culture

1:33.7

it's heritage and it's a huge part of who I am so I decided to share that culture

1:38.4

by offering up one simple dish hummus I saw crazy sales by selling hummus but those sales got me asking where do I go

1:46.4

from here stay tuned to hear the rest of my story and see how one decision made a

1:51.3

difference this is the third and last of our three parts about my riffs on education.

1:58.0

Your mileage will vary.

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