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The Kevin Miller Podcast

Strategy: How To Understand & Create A User Friendly Strategy For Business & Life w/ Seth Godin

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Kevin Miller

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4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

I’ve grown up in the human potential movement and world of entrepreneurship. Having a goal, which I refer to as a destination, is paramount, as if we don’t know where we are going, we can never get there. However, to get there, you need a strategy. We generally think we have one, but we very often misinterpret what a real, effective strategy is. So I have for you…the expert. Seth Godin. Seth is known as one of the most pervasive voices in the business world, but just as many people follow him for personal insight. I know so many people who have read his daily blog for well over a decade. Seth has a discerning perspective on a meaningful life and a business that matters and succeeds.. Seth was one of my first guests when I hosted The Ziglar Show, as he cites Zig Ziglar as one of the most influential mentors of his life, again, personally and professionally. I recently sat down with Seth to talk about strategy and as usually, he popped a lot of myths about what is and isn’t strategy. He has culminated it in a new book called, This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans. As you’re about to hear, he asks as many great questions as he makes great statements. He asks, “If we don't have a strategy, what do we have?” He says, “A strategy isn’t a map—it’s a compass,” and I think you’ll want to hear how he clarifies this. I asked him where we most miss out on what an actual strategy is. And while the topic is headlined as strategy, Seth gives a lot of focus to systems that work. Again, in our personal lives and in our work. Again, the brand new book is This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans, and you’re going to hear some of the headline topics I wanted to learn more about.  Sign up for a $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to sign up for your FREE 60-day trial Get 20% off your first probiotic membership order at pendulumlife.com/drivesyou  Kajabi is offering a free 30-day trial to start your business if you go to Kajabi.com/kevin Go to cozyearth.com/driven and use code DRIVEN for an exclusive 40% discount Join thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply in minutes at meetfabric.com/WHATDRIVESYOU. If you're concerned about OCD, visit NOCD.com to schedule a free 15-minute call with their team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to what drives you. I'm Kevin Miller in this episode how to understand and create a

0:07.4

user-friendly strategy for business and for life. I mean I've grown up in the human potential movement and the world of

0:16.9

entrepreneurship and business. Having a goal which I refer to as a destination

0:21.6

is paramount as if we don't know where we're going we can never get there.

0:26.7

However to get there we also need a strategy and we generally think we have one but we very often misinterpret what a real effective strategy is.

0:37.0

So I have with us here Seth Godin, he's the expert on it.

0:43.0

Seth, if you don't know him, which is unlikely,

0:46.0

he's known as one of the most pervasive voices in the business world,

0:51.0

but just as many people follow him for personal

0:53.1

insight I know so many people who have read his daily blog for well over a decade not

0:58.8

two at this point Seth has just a discerning perspective on a meaningful life and a business that matters and succeeds.

1:09.0

He was actually one of my very first guests when I hosted the Ziggler show and he cites Zigg Zigg as one of the most

1:16.9

influential mentors in his life again personally and professionally so I recently sat down with Seth to talk about strategy and as usual he

1:26.2

popped a lot of myths about what is and isn't strategy. He's culminated it in a brand new book called This Is Strategy, Make Better Plans.

1:37.0

And as you're about to hear, he asks as many great questions as he makes great statements.

1:42.0

He asks things like if we don't have a strategy,

1:44.7

what do we have?

1:46.4

He says a strategy isn't a map, it's a compass.

1:49.0

I think you'll want to hear how he actually clarifies that.

1:51.4

It was really eye-opening for me. I ask Seth

1:56.2

where we most miss out on what a strategy actually is and while a topic is headline strategy, Seth gives a lot of focus to systems, having systems at work.

2:08.0

That's what makes up a great strategy.

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