“The lessons we remember are the lessons we learn the hard way.” – Seth Godin Seth Godin (@thisissethsblog) is the author of 17 bestselling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. He writes about the way ideas spread, marketing, strategic quitting, leadership, and — most of all — challenging the status quo …
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“We can’t out-obedience the competition.” – Seth Godin I expected this episode to be amazing, and Seth 10x’d expectations. He’s incredible. Seth Godin (@thisissethsblog) is the author of 17 bestselling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. He writes about the way ideas spread, marketing, strategic quitting, leadership, and — most of all …
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What do the economics of publishing look like… really? (Photo: thinkpanama) (Special thanks to my agent, Steve Hanselman, and my anonymous sources within the world’s biggest publishing houses) Print is dead! This has become a popular headline, and a great way to get quoted, as Nicholas Negroponte has shown. Iconic author Seth Godin, after 12 …
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Tim Ferriss: Hello, Ladies and Gentleman. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferriss Show. This is Tim Ferris. What you are about to hear is part two of a two-part conversation with Ramit Sethi. He is an entrepreneur, he has tried venture backed, now he is going self- funded boot strapped. He is a …
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Tim Ferriss: Hello, Ladies and Gentleman, this is Tim Ferriss and welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferriss show. I have a very exciting episode and guest, but I am going to start with a bit of trivia and this is a slang expression and idiomatic express from Argentina. From [inaudible] and I used …
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Tim Ferriss: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. This is Tim Ferriss and welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferris Show. Thank you for listening. I’m going to start off with some Japanese trivia since a number of you, quite a many of you have asked for more Japanese tidbits given that I lived there in …
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Tim Ferriss: This is Tim Ferriss and this is the Tim Ferriss Show. To start off, maybe I’ll teach you some Japanese. There’s an expression in Japanese, Saisho de Saigo. Saisho de Saigo is something you can say when you do something once, you try it, and you dislike it. There are other usages, but …
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Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Derek Sivers, (@sivers), author of philosophy and entrepreneurship, known for his surprising, quotable insights and pithy, succinct writing style. He is a former musician, programmer, TED speaker, and circus clown, who sold his first company, CDBaby, for $22 million and gave all the money to charity. Derek’s books …
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Interview with Derek Sivers on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Danny Meyer (@dhmeyer), the founder and chairman of Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), which comprises some of New York’s most beloved and acclaimed restaurants, including Gramercy Tavern, The Modern, Maialino, and more. Danny and USHG also founded Shake Shack, the modern-day “roadside” burger restaurant, which became a public …
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