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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

What is school for?



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

Good morning boys and girls.

0:05.0

That was terrible.

0:08.0

You've learned how to do that from a young age.

0:11.0

You're supposed to say, good morning, Mr. Godin so let's try again good morning boys and girls hey it's Seth and this is a Kimbo.

0:24.0

We'll be back in a minute after this word from our sponsor, Linovo.

0:34.0

I'm Chantel Bordeaux, and my small business is the Creel-juniper.

0:37.0

At the Creel- Juniper were advocates for food producers

0:40.0

and food-based businesses in the community.

0:42.0

We promote their business

0:43.4

while ensuring that they have access to the very best products and services so they

0:47.1

can be successful for themselves. I started my business eight years ago to make a

0:51.2

difference in the food community by elevating the food

0:53.7

culture and the dining scene. What I love about being a small business owner is that I

0:57.4

get to create what I want and see my visions come to life. Building a better

1:01.6

local community that is thriving and diverse is extremely important to me.

1:05.0

One of my challenges in the beginning was the need to be in multiple places at once.

1:10.0

I wear a few different hats and trying to manage that all on my own was very difficult.

1:14.0

Stay tuned to hear the rest of my story and to see what made a difference for me and my small business.

1:19.0

A few years ago in Brooklyn, I gave this talk exactly one time about the state of our education.

1:29.2

It mattered to me then, it matters to me even more now. We are making decisions every day about time and money, about

1:38.8

commitment, about debt, about our future plans without bothering to ask a simple question.

1:47.0

What is school for?

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