Seth Godin





Seth Godin

Author profile


born
July 10, 1960 in The United States

gender
male

website

genre


About this author

Seth Godin is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change.

Godin is author of ten books that have been bestsellers around the world, and he is also a renowned speaker. He was recently chosen as one of 21 Speakers for the Next Century by Successful Meetings and is consistently rated among the very best speakers by the audiences he addresses.

Seth was founder and CEO of Yoyodyne, the industry's leading interactive direct marketing company, which Yahoo! acquired in late 1998.

He holds an MBA from Stanford, and was called "the Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age" by Business Week.


Seth Godin isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

I found that quote in a strangely-translated instruction manual for an obscure but beautiful trick.



But it has wide applicability.



Perhaps your anxiety is specific to artists or musicians or to anyone who has to stand up and stand out and stand for something.



It turns out that your anxiety isn't specific at all. Perhaps it is due to the fact that you're trying to control things that you can't poss...

read more »
0 comments
Twitter_icon  • 
Published on May 30, 2012 02:53 • 2 views
Average rating: 3.83 · 24,676 ratings · 2,694 reviews · 96 distinct works
Linchpin: Are You Indispens...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 4,576 ratings — published 2010 — 17 editions
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 4,215 ratings — published 2000
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
Purple Cow: Transform Your ...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 3,865 ratings — published 2002 — 22 editions
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
The Dip: A Little Book That...
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 3,028 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
Permission Marketing : Turn...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,657 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
Poke the Box: When Was the ...
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,549 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
All Marketers Are Liars: Th...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,260 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
Small Is the New Big: and 1...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
Unleashing the Ideavirus
by
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
Meatball Sundae: Is Your Ma...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions
My rating:
didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
add to my books
More books by Seth Godin…

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

“The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following instructions, meeting spec, and being managed.

Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can.

The job might be difficult, it might require skill, but it's a job.

Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.

I call the process of doing your art 'the work.' It's possible to have a job and do the work, too. In fact, that's how you become a linchpin.

The job is not the work.”
Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

“Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.”
Seth Godin

“If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position. ”
Seth Godin

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Challenge: 50 Books: Emily J.'s 50 books for 2009 12 141 Mar 16, 2009 09:57am  
The Book Challenge: Stephanie's 2009 Book Challenge - Finished (almost) 7 169 Dec 31, 2009 10:13am  
The London Busine...: What are your favourite business books? 1 12 May 01, 2010 03:10am  
The Book Addicts!: Poke the Box 3 8 Mar 18, 2011 03:33pm  
Mineola Library's...: 5 POINT TASKS 29 14 May 25, 2011 04:36pm  
The Book Addicts!: EllieNYC 200 Books to Love! 390 232 Dec 29, 2011 12:43pm  
100+ Books in 2012: Dolly's 100+ Books for 2011 20 44 Dec 31, 2011 09:27pm  
Historical Fictio...: April 2012 TBR Challenge - Sign Up Thread 256 225 Mar 31, 2012 09:10pm  
Mid-Continent Pub...: April Reads 3 4 Apr 20, 2012 07:23am  
Challenge: 2012 R...: Helen's Corner 60 47 Apr 27, 2012 03:35am  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Seth to Goodreads.