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🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Seth Godin returns to talk strategy and why getting the direction right is way more crucial than just moving fast. We chat about how creatives and entrepreneurs often confuse tactics with strategy and how fixing that could transform careers. Seth shares stories, insights, and the tough decisions he’s made to get better results, like firing major clients to create bigger opportunities. It’s all about finding your path and making the right moves for long-term success.
Some highlights we explore:
Why most creatives mistake tactics for true strategy.
How picking the right clients sets up your future.
The role of empathy and tension in creating impactful work.
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0:00.0 | Strategy says, it doesn't matter how fast you're going if you're going in the wrong direction. |
0:05.2 | And figuring out where the prevailing winds are, figuring out who we're trying to help, |
0:11.6 | getting that part clear before we start racing around with all the tactics and the clicking |
0:16.4 | and the posting is so important. And yet people skip it. Billionaires, I know, skip it, |
0:23.0 | nonprofit leaders I know skip it, seven-year-old skip it. And we got indoctrinated to skip the |
0:29.3 | strategy. And it just felt to me like people didn't understand what strategy was. And maybe I |
0:34.8 | could help them. |
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