I told you it was coming. It seems like it’s been forever in the making, but my next book is almost here. You can pre-order it now. I’m really proud of it. I squeezed out every ounce of grit that I could into those pages to bring you along on a kind of journey we all said ...
Ding. Push. Buzz. Click. Swipe. Fetch. We used to have to just keep up with the Joneses. But since the advent of the Internet, it’s the Smiths, the Andersons, the Sasakis, the Garcias. It’s work, it’s play, it’s passions, it’s purpose, it’s people, it’s potential. It’s newsletters, it’s go getters, it’s unfettered. At work, at rest, in-person ...
(In case you missed Part 1, you can see it here.) Off I Go If you're like me you just think that authors exist, they get book deals and then are asked to write another book. Like trying to hop into a blistering Double Dutch, there’s no easy way to get into the fray if you’re not ...
I write, but I’ve always felt awkward calling myself “an author.” Authors live somewhere in Vermont or Cape Cod or Colorado with their three kids, just writing books and getting paid. With my latest project, I wanted to kick the can a little further down the word-slinging road. I wanted to write a story, like ...
After almost 10 years in NYC, I’m moving west. On the turn of a dime, my wife and I are passing the baton of “home” to Portland, Oregon without either of us having a paying job out there yet. The how’s, the why’s and the logistics that go into changing everything, all in a 27-day ...
After exiting a coffee shop the other day, Mike, a friend of mine who is desperately looking for a new job, ran into Seth Godin on an empty sidewalk. Mike: Seth Godin? Seth: Yes Mike: Big fan. Read your books. Seth: Thank you. What’s your name? Mike: Mike Seth: What are you working on these days, Mike? Mike: … Seth: … Mike: I, ...
Putting specific religious or philosophical beliefs aside, have you ever wondered why we humans have a propensity to believe in anything at all? What could that teach us about the things holding us back (limiting beliefs), and why some people can overcome seemingly insurmountable odds? To get a better understanding of what makes us us, we have to go ...
You’ll spend a lot of time in your career waiting for someone to get back to you. You’ll want this person to have the same intensity in getting you an answer as you did in asking, but they won’t. Your urgency, now once removed, is mired in a reduction of oomph. The game is to give ...
Nothing is more damning in the mountains than hubris, yet hubris is fundamental to climbing mountains. All serious mountaineers possess big egos. You cannot take on the risks and constant suffering of big mountains without one. We may talk like Buddhists, but don’t be fooled, we’re actually narcissists—driven, single-minded, masochistic narcissists. Nearly all of us, ...
In some of the most fascinating behavioral research I’ve ever read and a blow to the global “puppies and rainbows” market, Gabriele Oettingen and her colleagues conducted numerous studies over the past two decades and discovered a powerful link between positive thinking and poor performance...The more that people ‘think positive’ and imagine themselves achieving their ...
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