It's all pretty obvious, but I saw a copy of this 80-page book lying around at work and figured that I could use something to read in the gym. The main point doesn't even need that much space to get across: persistence is overrated; if one doesn't expect long-term success in something (be it a career, relationship, or whatever), it's better to quit immediately than stick with it. The Dip is the hard slog between being barely competent at something ("beginner's luck" is the phrase Godin uses) and More...

Seth Godin is a marketing demi-god. And he knows a thing or two about everything else as well. He is one of those rare individuals who deserves the title of visionary. His blog at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ is a must read if you are in the workplace as an owner, manager or cubicle grunt.

And he knows what’s best for this ADD brain of mine. Keep it short (a mere 96 small pages with big print) and keep it focused. The core idea the entire book centers around one dilemma that each of us has faced More...

Weirdly enough, this is the first Seth Godin book I've read although he's a marketing guru and I, well you know, work in marketing.

I put this succinct book on hold from the library because I thought the title and subtitle were provocative. Hmm, what could it mean? Obviously something I needed to find out.

And then when I was having one of those days at work, possibly one of the worst days I've had in the six months at my current position, it fortuitously became available for pick up. I mean, a bo More...

I'm a fan of simple and this book is simple. The message is clear:

Being the Best in the World is Seriously Underrated

The Dip refers to "the long slog between starting and mastery." Extraordinary benefits accrue to the tiny minority who are able to get through The Dip by persisting longer than most.

To be the best at anything you have to quit. You have to quit the right stuff at the right time. Quit the Cul-de-Sacs of life -- those dead ends are aren't likely to take you anywhere. Once you quit Cu More...

This book was a disappointing read with only two points - either stick with it if you think you'll be successful or quit and do something else that you will be successful at.

I wonder if this book would have made a better (and shorter) blog. I found its points repetitive, often vague, and stretched out. Godin was good at asking questions, but not as good at making his points clearly. The graphs were arbitrary since they were just based on his opinions. And the ending trailed off. So I wasn't impressed with the writing quality. This book suffered, unfortunately, from poor structure and the strength of his arguments suffered as a result.

I did, however, like the overal More...

‘The Dip’ is a book about quitting or not quitting depending on where you lie. I am not quite sure what significant I got out of the book. The part where he explained why you should be the best and how there are disproportional rewards for being number one was really good. So was the part where the difference between active perseverance and passive sufferer was highlighted. But all else was very generic. The fact that you should quit when it is right time rather than keep on hanging or similar s More...

Quitting is the new Success - sort of. Knowing when to quit and when to stick is the theme of THE DIP.
In this short and thought-provoking book, Seth Godin describes the point at which most people quit when they shouldn't and some people keep going when quitting would be a better strategy.
"The dip" is the long dark valley you trudge through on your way to a goal - but the 'trudging' is all that seems to be happening. It's what separates us from success and why most people will start but not con More...

The Dip is the long slog between starting and mastery.

Dips in our lives and careers set us apart from the rest. These challenges help us to determine our success and build our character. Seth Godin discusses the dip and two other curves in this book that keep us from our goals and stop us from reaching full potential.

Curve 1 – The Dip
He discusses how a CEO that worked through 25 years to get to the top of his career. That struggle was his dip.

Curve 2 – The Cul-de-sac
Godin explains that you wor More...

Speed Reading the Best Business Book Reviews: the dip by Seth Godin.
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5 "Must Take-Aways" (MTAs)
Winners quit all the time. Winners just quit the RIGHT stuff, not the wrong stuff.

Quitting is not the same as failing. Failing is when you don’t know when to quit, when you refuse to settle, when you compromise.

Strategic quitting is a conscious decision to quit the tactics that are not working for your long-term strateg More...

Godin gives motivational and practical advice about the benefits of strategic quitting. He says that “we fail when we get distracted by tasks we don’t have the guts to quit.” He tells how to choose the right tasks to begin, then how to push through obstacles (the Dip) to reach success. This was just the book for me since I’m about a month away from going full-time with my own web design business, OptimWise. The book is short and concise; you can read it in a day.

Godin summarizes the book succinc More...

This book is very short. It promises to tell you when to quit and when to stick. It describes three scenarios: the cliff, the cul-de-sac and the dip. You should quit the cliff and the cul-de-sac; but, you should continue with the dip because eventually you get through the dip. The cliff is a promising rise with a disastrous drop-off. The cul-de-sac is long journey that ends in a dead end. So far, it all sounds like common sense. The problem is identifying exactly what scenario you are in. I coul More...

Loy Machedo’s Book Review – The Dip by Seth Godin.

Seth Godin is famously known as a Rebel Marketer. He is also the Creative Marketing Head of Yahoo! and one of the most sought after speakers in the world. And guess what? I just found out he is the founder & CEO of Squidoo! (WOW!!!) So do not be surprised if his 10th installment titled ‘The Dip’ tells you stuff like Never give up, Don’t be a quitter and Quitters never win - is all a load of rubbish.

Godin states that you will never be the best More...

This is - as many ratings of the work note - all pretty obvious. So on the plus side: It is a short book and fit for the subject matter. On the minus side: Even at under 100 pages, the point is a bit belabored. Moreover, I was a bit put off by the fact that there is little scientific backing of Godin's theory. In addition, there are a good number of examples that might fall outside the norm or be considered extreme examples to support the thesis of the work.

The idea that we should quit anything More...

Winners quit fast, often and with no guilt, while losers stick in the same position even when they know it is not working


When do you quit and when do you decide to stick it out? These are the real questions facing people in business, employees and entrepreneurs. In The Dip, Seth Godin explains that the most successful people are those who are able to get out from the dead end situation fast. Nevertheless, Godin asserts that it is not just about coming out; it is also about staying motivated when More...

Interesting read, giving perspective on the cultural mentality of quitters never prosper. The basic idea behind the book is that those who are prosperous actually do quit, and quit often. Not in the sense of quitting the long term goals, but rather, quitting dead ends that we sometimes get trapped in. Godin gives good examples of what to look for in the differences between a dip, and a Cul-de-Sac or cliff, and then what to do once you have identified what kind of path you are on. Godin also prov More...

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"The Dip" by Seth Godin
This book felt like it could be summed up in a paragraph. The picture on the cover even provides a pretty good summary. In retrospect, I'm not sure I remember anything about it other than the initial idea that led me to read it in the first place.

Godin acknowledges this though, saying: "It’s easy to complain that the advice in this little book is brain-dead obvious." Well, i More...

Годин в своём репертуаре - оригинальничает :))) Если в темном месте меня прижать к теплой стенке и спросить: "О чём эта книга?", я отвечу: "А фиг его знает!" :))) Книга полна нелогичной и противоречивой информации...

Это, разумеется, шутка... Но в каждой шутке есть доля шутки. Годин (как обычно ;)) претендует на познание некоего "бизнес-дао", достаточно универсального и на уровне отдельного предпринимающего, и для отдельной компании, и для рынка в целом. Предполагается, что следование этому "дао" More...

When do you quit? When do you stick?

Seth Godin would say that winners never quit...and quitters never win is the worst advice ever given. Goden urges us to quit the wrong stuff...and stick with the right stuff.

The Dip is the long slog between starting and mastery (like when your fingers have calluses from pressing on acoustic guitar strings). The dip is the difference between beginners luck and accomplishment. Goden points to how many students are pre-med...until the dip (Organic Chemistry)...an More...

This is a short book. Despite being short, it is very repetitive. It also advocates the philosophy that nothing is worth doing if you're not going to be #1, which is a philosophy I disagree with. However, I did find the basic concepts of this book to be interesting, even helpful. So, here's the nutshell of the book, in the book's own words. Now you don't have to read it. :-)

Excerpts from The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit by Seth Godin

Most of the time, we deal with the obstacle More...

I found this book in the bookstore yesterday, and read the entire thing nearly in one sitting. For a long time before I read this book, I was a fan of Seth Godin's blog and his book Permission Marketing.

The basis of the book is that on the path to great success there will always be a "dip," a rough patch that seperates those who really want to accomplish greatness from those who do not. The key question you have to ask yourself is whether you are ready to be either number 1 or number 2 in your f More...

The premise of the book is very simple. Success isn't something that happens without a lot of hard work, because if everyone could do it then there is no value in it. Scarcity = value = success.

Seth advice could be summarised as:

1. Identify whether an opportunity is actually going to lead to the success you desire.

2. Be honest with yourself about whether you have the determination to push through the hard stuff in order to make a success of the oppportunity.

3. If the opportunity isn't going to More...

I have never read anything by Seth Godin before and, after reading this, I may not read anything else by him. However, my friend assures me that this was the wrong one to start with and I'm hoping he is right. While I'll acknowledge a few nuggets of wisdom in the book, I think he overstates many of his major premises. I do think that he is aware of the overstatements and he does try, unsuccessfully, to nuance the ideas a little. However, I would expect such a popular and influential writer to be More...

Книга достаточно компактна - и по размеру, и по стилю изложения мыслей. Годин порадовал в этот раз концентрацией на одной проблеме - проблеме целеустремленности. Яма - это когда ты уже не хочешь ничего делать и готов сдаться, так и не дойдя до оазиса. Лидеры рынка заинтересованны в том, чтобы создавать ямы для потенциальных конкурентов. Слабое место книги - Сет "фиолетовая корова" Годин так и не смог объяснить, в чем разница между ямой (за трудностями идет успех) и обрывом - за кажущимися малень More...

"I always enjoy what Seth Godin has to say so choosing this book was easy.

The book was an eye opening dose of what some might view as obvious, but whenever the obvious is put succinctly it always makes a great impact. Basically, the dip is that point in time when an endeavor starts requiring more effort than the reward seems to be paying off. Godin indicates that there are times when no more reward will come (think dead-end job) and that it is time to get out. There are also times when there is More...

This book is designed for entrepreneurs, but can be helpful to anyone who has a hard time narrowing down, making decisions, or finishing projects.
It helps you decide what is important and what you should quit.

Reasons I loved it:
It's short.
It acknowledges all the stupid things that we do to hold ourselves back, but doesn't make you feel stupid for doing them.
It's written to be understood.
It taught me how to categorize the things I do and decide which ones are important.

Definition of "The Dip": "T More...

This book gave me an insight that has served me well in my career. Seth talks about being the best in the world. When he says the world, he's not talking about the globe, he's referring to your sphere of influence. Being the best in the world doesn't mean that I have to stack up against international competition, I just need to be the person the people I work with turn to when they need my skills. That little insight fundamentally changed the way I approach my work. It focused my attention on im More...

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick), Seth Godin
Too many times I have encountered "Yes Men" and "Jacks of Everything, Master of Nothing". Although being a lifelong learner I dabble in a lot of things, I make it a point to avoid time wasting projects and people, which lends itself to selectivity. I run into people everyday that are reluctant to say "no" to someone or something. Generation X to Millennials are challenged with committment. This book will not solv More...

First let me start by doing the opposite of many of the self professed speed readers. I'm not going to try and boast myself up of how worthy my time by proclaiming how it just so happened to take me an hour to read, or belittle the book by saying I skimmed through while walking out to the car- no that proves one thing from 'many' of the reviews I read. They did not actually read the book in order to grasp every thought and lesson it was teaching. I can tell by many of the reviews they had no ide More...