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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

The pursuit of perfection

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

And the magic of good


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

Around 1969, a manager named Frank Pip came up with an idea.

0:05.8

He ran assembly at a Ford Motor Company plant, and he said to some people on his team,

0:11.4

go out and buy some Japanese cars, brand new.

0:15.0

Let's see how they're put together.

0:17.6

At the time, at Ford and at every other American car company, the standard way to assemble a car was to use a rubber mallet,

0:27.6

that each part that came in was whacked with a mallet to fit into the other part.

0:34.0

If there was a rare occasion when you didn't need a mallet, it was called snap fit.

0:40.0

Snap fit was the exception.

0:43.0

Well, PIP discovered something extraordinary.

0:47.0

The Toyota's were 100% snap fit. They could take the car apart and put it back together without using a

0:57.3

mallet once. Hey, it's Seth and this is a Kimbo.

1:08.0

We'll be back in a second to talk about perfect and also my new book. But first here's a message from our sponsor.

1:17.0

Hey Ramon and Seth. Hey Seth, this is Ramon. Good to be here with you. Thanks for having me.

1:25.3

My friend Ramon Ray is launching a new workshop on the akimbo platform. It's really special. It's really important.

1:31.2

What's it about Ramon? Yeah, this is small business

1:33.7

essentials. Not only do you have the videos and the contents, the modules, but you're

1:37.2

learning with others. And for me, that is most special because many of us are

1:40.8

alone. We think we're alone in this journey. So that's one.

1:43.2

Regarding small business essentials, Seth as you know, I've started four small companies and I think what's

1:48.3

always there for me is that it is hard work. Two, it's highly rewarding.

1:54.4

And three, oftentimes, and I've learned this

1:56.5

from you and doing this workshop,

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