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🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Will we waste it?
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 .
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0:00.0 | Dogs don't have hobbies. It's not clear that dogs need hobbies, but they don't have them. |
0:05.4 | They have a surplus of time. A well cared for beloved dog has hours to sit around doing nothing, |
0:12.1 | and they're pretty good at sitting around doing nothing. |
0:14.9 | They can deal with the surplus of time with no problem. |
0:19.6 | It's interesting to note that dogs have a big problem dealing with a surplus of food. |
0:25.0 | Obesity is an epidemic among dogs in the United States because people are feeding their |
0:31.1 | dogs too much and dogs don't know what to do with a surplus of food. |
0:36.0 | Hey, it's Seth and this is a Kimbo. |
0:51.0 | We'll be back in a second after this message from our sponsor. Hi, it's Benedict you and I'm here to talk to you about how you can become a better storyteller. |
0:58.4 | Storytelling is not an art reserved for the chosen few, It's a skill that you can learn. |
1:04.0 | Just like the students have taken part in the story skills |
1:07.3 | workshop have done. |
1:08.6 | Actually I had a story to tell that was really important for me, but also was going to be very, very important for people in the future. |
1:20.0 | It's been absolutely life changing for me to see stories everywhere and to see my own stories. |
1:26.0 | I was surprised that the learning was as much in the giving as in the receiving. |
1:31.0 | We got to not only learn about storytelling, |
1:35.9 | we actually got to practice using stories |
1:38.5 | in our everyday life. |
1:39.6 | The biggest shift I've found is now my own stories and the stories that I really want to |
1:44.4 | tell are bubbling to the surface. I can't stop seeing them. Whether you're just |
1:49.0 | starting out or you're an experienced storyteller, this is a place where your stories will get better in a very short time, guaranteed. |
1:58.0 | If you're ready to become a better storyteller, I hope you'll join us. |
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