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Bestselling author, Entrepreneur and Agent of change. Seth's blog can be found at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
Sunday March 14, 2010
Posted by: Seth Godin at 6:29AM EST on March 14, 2010
David points us to the Montague Bookmill. This is the bookstore of the future, because it's not a business trying to maximize growth and ROI. No, it's a place, an attitude, an approach to an afternoon. They don't sell every...
Saturday March 13, 2010
Posted by: Seth Godin at 7:03AM EST on March 13, 2010
Too often, it seems, this attitude is missing from teams, organizations or the community. It's missing because people are quick to opt out of the 'we' part. "What do you mean, we?" they ask. It's so easy to not be...
Posted by: Seth Godin at 5:31AM EST on March 13, 2010
Oleg points us to http://wordoid.com/ It's a conjugator, brainstorming and domain finder, all in one. Nicely done. I've done a few posts on naming to help you get started. Here's an old one too. And while I'm sharing links, here's...
Friday March 12, 2010
Posted by: Seth Godin at 5:16AM EST on March 12, 2010
I stumbled on a great typo last night. "Staff in the lobby were wondering around..." Wandering around is an aimless waste of time. Wondering around, though, that sounds useful. Wondering why this product is the way it is, wondering how...
Thursday March 11, 2010
Posted by: Seth Godin at 2:56PM EST on March 11, 2010
Since Linchpin was published six weeks ago, I've gotten some terrific email. Most of it is about individuals who used the ideas in the book to instigate a process of self-reinvention or validation. Some of the best mail, though, has...
Posted by: Seth Godin at 5:21AM EST on March 11, 2010
...is not the same as obeying the list. Do you make the list you check off, follow and work on every day? When does it get made? Who approves it? Do you identify tasks or perform them? If you had...
Wednesday March 10, 2010
Posted by: Seth Godin at 5:35AM EST on March 10, 2010
When the platform changes, the leaders change. Wordperfect had a virtual monopoly on word processing in big firms that used DOS. Then Windows arrived and the folks at Wordperfect didn't feel the need to hurry in porting themselves to the...
Tuesday March 9, 2010
Posted by: Seth Godin at 5:24AM EST on March 9, 2010
Old time factories had a linear layout, because there was just one steam engine driving one drive shaft. Every machine in the shop had to line up under the shaft (connected by a pulley) in order to get power. That...
Monday March 8, 2010
Posted by: Seth Godin at 5:07AM EST on March 8, 2010
This is deceptive. You don't rock all the time. No one does. No one is a rock star, superstar, world-changing artist all the time. In fact, it's a self-defeating goal. You can't do it. No, but you might rock five...
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