How to Be Awesome at Your Job

619: Seth Godin on How to Ship More Great Creative Work...and Why Much of Your Work is Actually “Creative”

Nov 2, 2020

32:08

Seth Godin debunks persistent myths about creativity to show how professionals can deliver more creative output at work.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The real reason why we don’t think we’re creative

2) The most effective way to overcome creative block

3) Why you should embrace your impostor syndrome

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— ABOUT SETH —

Seth Godin is the author of nineteen international bestsellers that have been translated into over 35 languages, and have changed the way people think about marketing and work.

He's a recent inductee to the Marketing Hall of Fame, and also a member of the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame, and the Guerrilla Marketing Hall of Fame.

In addition to his writing and speaking, Seth was founder and CEO of Squidoo.com. His blog (find it by typing "seth" into Google) is the most popular marketing blog in the world. Before his work as a writer and blogger, Seth was Vice President of Direct Marketing at Yahoo!, a job he got after selling them his pioneering 1990s online startup, Yoyodyne.

• Seth’s book: The Practice: Shipping Creative Work

• Seth’s book: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

• Seth’s blog: Seth’s Blog

• Seth’s blog post: “Where do ideas come from?”

• Book site: TrustYourself.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Company: ePac Flexible Packaging

• Personality: Theodore Levitt

• Past episode: 267: Managing Self-Doubt to Tackle Bigger Challenges with Tara Mohr

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