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On Stupidity and Swimming

Sometimes Seth Godin’s shortest pieces are the ones that sing the most.  He had a couple of great ones this past week, one about stupidity and one about swimming.  The one about stupidity (and not being smart) is an interesting … Continue reading

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The Way of Water

This recent post by Seth Godin is too short to share a snippet here, so you should take a minute to read the whole thing. Discernment is an important thing, perhaps more important with each day that passes.  In yesterday’s … Continue reading

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The Tension between Space and Time

It’s not every day that you see a post online that (inadvertently) has something to do with the title of this blog.  But that happened a couple of days ago over at Seth Godin’s blog.  Here’s how his post called … Continue reading

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“The Rare Chance”

Something I appreciate about the thinking of Seth Godin is that he finds a way to blend the possible and the practical.  And he crafts some great one-liners in the process.  A recent post of his, “On Building a Cathedral,” … Continue reading

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“For Tomorrow”

I’ve been thinking about this post by Seth Godin for a good while now.  I’m guessing that Godin is thinking about the topic of how we respond to organizations on a scale larger than the simply-personal.  But ultimately, organizations are … Continue reading

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Systems and Sunk Costs

There was a time that I regularly visited Seth Godin’s blog for some wisdom about the way the world works.  A few years ago I just kind of stopped, though I drop in once in a blue moon.  There have … Continue reading

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A Time for Tunnels

I haven’t followed Seth Godin much lately for no reason in particular.  I got out of the practice a couple of years ago and just haven’t given it much thought until recently.  And I’m glad I did, because he recently … Continue reading

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It’s What You Do with the Dots That Matters

From Seth Godin’s blog: Without a doubt, the ability to connect the dots is rare, prized and valuable. Connecting dots, solving the problem that hasn’t been solved before, seeing the pattern before it is made obvious, is more essential than … Continue reading

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And Then Seth Godin and Worldview

It was great reading N. T. Wright’s slant on the idea of worldview.  It’s even better, perhaps, to see someone outside of the realm of religion write about it. Seth Godin, marketing thinker, has been posting responses concerning his previous … Continue reading

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Seth Godin Turns a Phrase (into something great)

The first time I read Seth Godin’s thinking on emotional labor, I knew I had found a writer I wanted to learn from.  I had never really had a good term for what I knew was a vital part of … Continue reading

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