The Practice: Shipping Creative Work w/Seth Godin

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This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast celebrates 200 episodes and Seth Godin joins Host, Heneka Watkis-Porter for a second appearance to celebrate. Seth is the embodiment of ruckus, generosity and creativity. Listen to this powerful conversation surrounding how to ‘just do it.’ You don’t need the approval of anyone to create your ‘ruckus’ but you must start.
Doing the LIVE conversation was super amazing. Thanks to all who joined us live and to you who will listen after.
HERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE:
Find out what the most Jamaican thing Seth ever did.
Discover how to "pick yourself."
Learn what it means to do the "practice."
EPISODE SOUND BITE
Every Blog Starts With Fewer Than 100 Readers
"It's easy for somebody to say you can do X Y or Z because you're your Seth. But they weren't around when I got 800 rejection letters in a row and was eating black beans and rice every day because I wasn't Seth. And when my blog started, the first 200 posts had fewer than 100 readers. Every blog starts with fewer than 100 readers. Every PODCAST starts with fewer than 100 listeners that's the only way it can start.
Different People Will Find Different Fuel
Every day I say what would my mom and dad be proud of if I did this and every day I say what did all the people who open the door for me, what do they need from me today that's my fuel. Different people are going to find different fuel. But I believe there is an endless amount of enthusiasm and momentum and reserve if we just tap into the people who came before...
The Roadmap?
The number of roadmaps in the world is close to infinite. First, you have to decide where you want to go. So if I said to you, how do I get to Kingston. Well, we can look at Google Maps; we can look at Bing; we can look at Rand McNally. Finding the map is pretty straightforward. The hard part is deciding to go to Kingston, committing to go to Kingston, saying, I'm going to get from here to there. And that's the thing we ignore because everyone's afraid of failing. Everyone says show me the proof of all the steps. Exactly, the guarantee that I'm going to get from here to there and that's not how it works, so, you know, Miles Davis was first, and the one and only and recorded the bestselling Jazz album of its time in four days. No guarantees right. When Bob Marley showed up and did the work he did, there was no model. There was no do it exactly like this. Chris Blackwell helped but it was Bob believe."
ABOUT SETH GODIN
Seth is actually a repeat guest on The Entrepreneurial You podcast. He is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker.
In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 19 best-selling books, including The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, and What To Do When It's Your Turn (And It's Always Your Turn). One of his most recent books, This is Marketing, was an instant bestseller in countries around the world. Today we are here to talk about The Practice: Shipping Creative work.
Though renowned for his writing and speaking, Seth also founded two companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo!). In 2013, Seth was one of just three professionals inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame. In May 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame as well. He might be the only person in both.
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