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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
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Seth Godin
The old saying is wrongwinners do quit, and quitters do win.
Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out exciting and fun. Then it gets harder and less fun, until it hits a low pointreally hard, and not much fun at all.
And then you find yourself asking if the goal is even worth the hassle. Maybe youre in a Dipa temporary setback that will get better ...more
Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out exciting and fun. Then it gets harder and less fun, until it hits a low pointreally hard, and not much fun at all.
And then you find yourself asking if the goal is even worth the hassle. Maybe youre in a Dipa temporary setback that will get better ...more
Hardcover, 80 pages
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May 10th 2007
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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 God...more
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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...more
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...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 f...more
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 f...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 ar...more
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 ar...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.
Mon, Jan 16, 2012. 11:12 AM -- Year 2.46%
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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 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. ...more
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. ...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...more
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...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 de...more
Excerpts from The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit by Seth Godin
Most of the time, we de...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...more
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...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.
...more
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.
...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 t...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 кажущим...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...more
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...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 im...more
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 im...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 ...more
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 ...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
My life is one big low point lately, so this book could have been a great collection of advice. Unfortunately there's only one useful sentence--"If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try"-- and people have been telling me that for almost a year now. My bad for not listening!
The rest of the book is one big mess. One of the main points seems to be, "Quit if you can't be the best," but another main point seems to be, "Quitting in The Dip is a mistake....more
The rest of the book is one big mess. One of the main points seems to be, "Quit if you can't be the best," but another main point seems to be, "Quitting in The Dip is a mistake....more
Quitting.
The conventional advice on the subject of quitting usually goes something like this: Winners never quit.
In my world, this line of logic held up pretty well until I read Seth Godin's recent book: The Dip -- A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (And When to Stick).
Clocking in at a featherweight 76 pages (really, you can read this in just a day or two), Godin manages to shred the standard advice on quitting. As it turns out, there ar...more
The conventional advice on the subject of quitting usually goes something like this: Winners never quit.
In my world, this line of logic held up pretty well until I read Seth Godin's recent book: The Dip -- A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (And When to Stick).
Clocking in at a featherweight 76 pages (really, you can read this in just a day or two), Godin manages to shred the standard advice on quitting. As it turns out, there ar...more
I read The Dip back-to-back with "The Writer's Manifesto." I have mixed feelings about The Dip that I didn't have with The Writer's Manifesto. Both are short works that challenge you to look at (creativity, marketing, jobs) in a different light.
But whereas The Writer's Manifesto is a clarion call to write for the sake of writing, that success will accrue to those who do the work and who, paradoxically, quit hounding after "success" and focus on their craft, The Di...more
But whereas The Writer's Manifesto is a clarion call to write for the sake of writing, that success will accrue to those who do the work and who, paradoxically, quit hounding after "success" and focus on their craft, The Di...more
The Dip was a good, quick read. The author, Seth Godin, kept it simple by focusing on the single topic of quitting. Should we quit? When should we quit? Is it a bad thing to quit? It didn't go into gritty details for deciding when to quit but gave general principles to help with the decision: be proactive, be the best (i.e. in the eyes of the beholder) in the world (i.e. your market) (Good to Great's hedgehog concept kept coming to mind), and greater challenges typically mean greater pay-off. Th...more
Read the book in an hour while waiting out rush hour traffic at the bookstore. While it wasn't a complete waste of time for me (I actually needed to hear some of the things Godin says in the book), the book definitely repeats the same message over and over again, sometimes using the exact same words. There were a few points I thought worth noting, and I jotted them down on a small napkin. If you're interested in this book, I suggest you save your time and read my napkin instead :).
This was a very quick read, which I appreciated. Godin is inspirational and motivational in his writing. The entire book focuses on one idea: recognizing when your efforts are going to be worth it and either sticking or quitting depending on whether it's worth it. There are lots of examples that make what he's talking about more real.
It's the kind of book that when you're done reading it, you think it's simple common sense. But when you look around, you realize that no one is employi...more
It's the kind of book that when you're done reading it, you think it's simple common sense. But when you look around, you realize that no one is employi...more
What a neat surprise!
I read the first free chapter of this book a couple of years ago clicking here.
The full book is so much worth it.
It's about being the best in the world.
Best and World, however, are defined by the consumer.
Seth Godin touches upon an old piece of advice (Never Quit) and lays out his theory of why it's such a bad idea.
He outlines 3 types of situations when working towards a big outcome:
The Cul-d...more
I read the first free chapter of this book a couple of years ago clicking here.
The full book is so much worth it.
It's about being the best in the world.
Best and World, however, are defined by the consumer.
Seth Godin touches upon an old piece of advice (Never Quit) and lays out his theory of why it's such a bad idea.
He outlines 3 types of situations when working towards a big outcome:
The Cul-d...more
eth says in this book that what he's sharing isn't anything but the simple and obvious truth. There's no pretense to a miracle answer, insider secrets, or get success tips. Seth just tells us how come it matters when you are in the dip and when to know you're not.
Lots of reviewers are critical of this book for the very reason that it's simple and general in nature. I believe some of them are missing the point.
It's not about hard work paying off. it's about giving up bad...more
Lots of reviewers are critical of this book for the very reason that it's simple and general in nature. I believe some of them are missing the point.
It's not about hard work paying off. it's about giving up bad...more
This was a really short, but powerful book with a simple point: sometimes it is important to quit what you are doing and focus your efforts on something you can be the best at in the world (or at least the best in your world). By focusing your efforts and pushing through "the dip" (the challenging time in which we have to work harder, invest more, and overcome the adversity that others are unable to do) you can be truly successful.
It is an excellent compliment to the second ...more
It is an excellent compliment to the second ...more
A great little book all about quitting (and sticking) as a strategy. Think about what you commit to cause it's not worth doing if you can't do the best. The dip is the hard part, where it's not necessarily fun or exciting anymore, it's hard, maybe even a struggle. But if you can get through that, no, if you can push through it, things will get better on the other side and you will have a chance to become really good, even great at something. Cause many people quit at the dip and only the rea...more
In an appreciably small book, Seth Godin focus in on the period in life when increased effort yields the same or worse results. Convention wisdom teaches that this is the time to “stick it out” and that quitters never win. But Godin counters with this insight, “Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.”
The Dip is a quick exploration of how we get into this dip and when we should stick it out and when we never should have been there. The key is knowing...more
The Dip is a quick exploration of how we get into this dip and when we should stick it out and when we never should have been there. The key is knowing...more
Interesting little book. The subject of "quitting" (anything) is something that I hadn't quite thought about from Godin's perspective before. He made some really good points that were very enjoyable to ruminate on (when reading the book) and remain so afterwards. At other places, well, it seemed less than interesting.
One thing about the Dip (as concept) that struck me when reading Godin's book was that it might be used to apply to gaming activity, In many MMPORPGs, FPS-e...more
One thing about the Dip (as concept) that struck me when reading Godin's book was that it might be used to apply to gaming activity, In many MMPORPGs, FPS-e...more
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