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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Getting clear about the story we tell ourselves (and others)

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	If you're a waiter in a coffee shop, you know it's going to be a good day if Jerry Seinfeld comes in for a cup of coffee and a Danish.
0:10.0	That's because Seinfeld makes a point of leaving a celebrity tip, a Hollywood level tip.
0:17.0	The kind of tip you would expect someone who has $900 dollars to leave.
0:23.0	Okay, the check is $37.
0:25.0	How much tip would you leave?
0:26.0	10.
0:28.0	You go to hell.
0:30.0	That's not enough?
0:32.0	No. Wait, you move the decimals. It was a $40 check you would leave $8 would be 20%.
0:37.0	No, in my... Somebody helped me. I'll help you.
0:42.0	Because everyone's going to ask her,
0:45.0	oh my God, you waited on Jerry Seyphon,
0:47.0	Sarah Jessica Parker.
0:48.0	How much did they tip you?
0:49.0	How much did she have to do?
0:51.0	20 bucks?
0:52.0	Yeah, is that what you want to think?
0:53.4	10.
0:54.1	She just moved a decibel point.
0:55.6	Okay, wait, you're gonna leave.
0:58.3	Wow, big shot, big shot, big shot, unbelievable.
1:01.0	Gross?
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