There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
There is no editing stage.
Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and [...]

The best measure of a blog is not how many people it reaches, it’s how much it changes what you do. Changes your posture, your writing, your transparency, your humility. What blogging has done for me is made me think. I get to think about how the outside world will understand something I’m trying to [...]

Last Saturday, I was invited to a business conference in Düsseldorf. Among nine exceptional presenters – including Bill Clinton – one clearly stood out: Bertrand Piccard. He is one of the century’s last great adventurers. After failing two times, he realized the Jules Verne fantasy of flying around the world in a balloon, the Breitling [...]

Seth Godin’s reading of Tribes is now available as a download for free on Audible (if you are still lucky) or on iTunes as a three hour audio book for less than a dollar. (update: now the bestselling audio book in the world. Price matters, apparently). The souvenir, dead tree, printed hardcover edition that is [...]

Author Dan Pink practices what he preaches: Storytelling.
A good story is the most efficient way to pass an important idea from one person to another. This promotional video for Dan’s new book, The adventures of Johnny Bunko, is pitch-perfect. It succeeds to capture the energy and most importantly the message of the book. The question [...]

I’ve come to believe that there are two approaches to life.
The first, followed by most, is the “paint by numbers kit” approach to life. You do what other people say. You follow a well-traveled path. You stay within the lines. And you end up with a nice, pretty – and unimaginative – picture.
The second, followed by [...]

I love this speech! (Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement address, 06.2005)
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart [...]