The Best of 2013: Flying Closer to the Sun with Seth Godin




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Summary: Seth Godin has made a career out of flying closer to the sun. When I asked him how ships so many amazing projects, he simply replied "This might not work is something I say to myself before I launch any project." I hope this conversation encourages and inspires to you try things that might not work,  fly closer to the sun, and make a ruckus.(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/best_of_2013_Seth_Godin-284x300.png) * Why Seth has Always Changed the Status Quo with His Work * A Look at How We Became Brainwashed into Defending the Status Quo * The Amazing Resources at Your Disposal Today * Why You Can't Sell Average Stuff for Average People * The Mistake People Make When They Look at the Internet * The Commonalities Between the People Who Stand Out * Why Massive Amounts of Attention Are Not a Guarantee for Success * The Power of Connecting People to Each Other * Why Larger Bodies of Work Show People that You're Serious * The Role that Zig Ziglar Has Played In Seth's Work * The Importance of Training Yourself that Failure is OK * Why Every Goal Worth Pursuing Requires Other People * A Look Into EdgeCrafting and Redefining Categories * The Launch and Inception of The Domino Project * How Seth Launched The Domino Project * Involving Other People When You Want to Make a Ruckus Tweetable Insights Include: * I've had a habit of consistently trying to change the status quo with my work (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/0FTeK)) * Part of my work is unbrainwashing people (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/z0GB3)) * Mass attention is almost unattainable and if you can have it, it's not clear that you want it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/eGXbz)) * If it's a project and you know it's going to end, you might as well make a ruckus (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/aU9hC)) Seth Godin is the founder of Squidoo.com  (http://t.co/JanqKOgU), an author, and blogger. You can follow him on twitter @ThisIsSethsBlog (https://twitter.com/thisissethsblog).  If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://ctt.ec/vH376) to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blogcastfm-the-bloggers-podcast/id352721366)