Business people everywhere are freaking out over all the change that's been thrown at them in the last 5 months. Seth Godin has been telling business people about the change that's coming for about 35 years. His blog has 7,000 posts or something like that. He's written 20 books. He's been trying new ideas and failing, and having some great successes the whole time.
This podcast interview goes all over the place, in a good way. But some big themes of it, where Seth has great insights, are the difference between being a leader, and being a manager. There's a lot of change now, it's a good time to be a leader. Another theme of this interview, is that artists and creative people are leaders. They may not have a huge organization, but they open up "new territory" in some way. Other people follow.
Another big theme of this interview, is the difference between talent and skill. Are you willing to put in the time to learn whatever skills you need, in today's world? The concept "talent" is really overrated. More than anything, a good talk with Seth Godin is full of all kinds of insights, and one or two of them may be exactly the insights you needed to hear today, to move forward in today's weird and fast changing business world.
"We're living with a whole bunch of revolutions at once."
-Seth Godin, in this interview
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