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Show notes: https://tim.blog/2020/10/26/seth-godi...

Seth Godin (@ThisIsSethsBlog) is the author of 19 international bestsellers translated into more than 35 languages, including Tribes, Purple Cow, Linchpin, The Dip, and This Is Marketing. He writes daily at Seths.blog, which is one of the most popular blogs in the world. He’s also the founder of the altMBA and The Akimbo Workshops, online seminars that have transformed the work of thousands of people. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership, and most of all, changing everything. His newest book is The Practice: Shipping Creative Work.

In this episode, we explore many topics, including:

The value of hacks
The magic of Hamilton
What learning to juggle and cultivating creativity have in common
The myth of quality
What Seth means by “Don’t steal the revelation.”
Focusing on generosity instead of anxiety
Choosing the ruleset of your own game of life
How Joni Mitchell eschewed the safety of the sinecure
What you would do if you knew you would fail?
Please enjoy!

00:00 Start
07:35 The hack and “The Practice,” Seth’s new book
09:21 What is quality?
12:40 “Magic” and Hamilton, the musical
16:49 “Perfection” as a cop out of taking risks
19:18 Writer’s block
24:59 The road less challenging
33:21“Process saves us from the poverty of our intentions.” —Elizabeth King
35:08 Authenticity and action
36:32 Attitude as a skill
40:47 Skills with a high ROI
43:15 Anxiety and the futility of reassurance
45:58 Ineffective teachers, effective learners
50:06 The gift of tension + positive constraints
01:06:09 On seeking joy
01:08:04 Choosing the right game
01:11:07 Fulfilling work vs. training for the outcome
01:16:14 The message of “The Practice”
01:19:06 Juggling
01:21:32 Counterintuitive can be effective
01:25:13 Cultivating creativity
01:26:49 Genre, generic, and Earl Stanley Gardner
01:29:40 230 chapters in less than 230 pages
01:33:01 Why Joni Mitchell alienated her mainstream audience
01:34:47 What would you do even if you knew you would fail?
01:35:54 Parting thoughts.

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Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.

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