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The Seth Godin Collection — One Honest Indie
Here are some more summaries (kinda) from Seth Godin’s blog. It’s been part of my daily reading for quite a while now and I guess you could say I’ve started a collection.
I’ll take from where we last left off.
The stuff that matters is almost always inconvenient. If it’s not, you might be mistaken about what matters.
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Little decisions compound and then anchor systems. Our commitment to defending sunk costs keeps those systems long after they’re no longer serving a purpose.
Until, one day, we look at our bicycle and wonder, “how did I end up here?”
PS: I used to ask myself that. A lot.
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Compliance is seductive because it comes with short-term prizes. If you fit in all the way, it might feel a bit less frightening. The center of the herd may in fact be safer, but the view is terrible.
We don’t spend nearly enough time celebrating responsibility. Our niche in the hierarchy is actually irrelevant, particularly for those you helped today. What matters is our willingness to see what’s happening and to sign up to do…
