Movies from Seth Godin

WALL·E

WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When a ship arrives with a sleek new type of robot, WALL·E thinks he's finally found a friend and stows away on the ship when it leaves.
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At every turn, Pixar messed up the marketing of their new movie. It has a hard to spell name, no furry characters, not nearly enough dialogue (the first 45 minutes is almost silent), no nasty (but ultimately ridiculous) bad guy, hardly any violence and very little slapstick. Wall-e didn’t get a huge Hollywood PR campaign or even a lot of promotion, it doesn’t feature any hot stars and as far as I can tell, the merchandising options are quite limited. ...And yet, instead, they make a great movie. A movie for the ages. A film, not 90 minutes of commerce.
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Caine's Arcade

Caine Monroy is a 9-year old boy who spent his summer vacation building an elaborate DIY cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts store.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
Maybe you've seen this short film. The first thing that made me smile was how willing Caine was to do his art regardless of how the world responded (it didn't). Caine didn't care. The goal wasn't to be accepted, the goal was to do it right. The second extraordinary thing is easy to miss. Around 3:30, you learn Caine's folk-arithmetic trick of using square roots to validate the PIN numbers on each fun pass. Extraordinary.
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Walk in Their Shoes

Walk in Their Shoes is the powerful, personal story of Jim Ziolkowski's inspiring mission to change the world one community at a time, hailed by the Dalai Lama as “an inspiring tribute to the power of compassion and education: the keys to leading a meaningful life.”At age twenty-five, Jim Ziolkowski gave up his career in corporate finance to create a not-for-profit organization that turns inner-city youths into community leaders at home and abroad. Under Jim’s leadership, high school students from the South Bronx to San Francisco have contributed more than 1.2 million hours of direct community service, and over the past twenty years, the organization has also constructed more than 550 schools in the world’s economically poorest countries, from Haiti to Nepal. Jim's tale of far-flung adventures in the most remote corners of the world and America’s toughest inner-cities is a moving testament to the power of faith and teamwork, and shows that when we give, we also help—and heal—ourselves. Walk in Their Shoes is the story of buildOn’s inspirational work with at-risk teens, its indelible influence on communities around the world, and of the man whose vision, faith, and conviction made it all possible. Jim Ziolkowski “believed that one person could indeed change the world, and his story may inspire others to do the same” (Publishers Weekly).
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Entrepreneur
"About how [the author] from a job at GE built an institution that’s in countries around the world, changing the lives of underprivileged kids." - Seth Godin
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B (If I Should Have a Daughter)

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"A simple poem from a mother to her daughter. And I have to confess, I get choked up every single time I read it." - Seth Godin
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Traction

Most startups don’t fail because they can’t build a product. Most startups fail because they can’t get traction. Startup advice tends to be a lot of platitudes repackaged with new buzzwords, but Traction is something else entirely. As Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares learned from their own experiences, building a successful company is hard. For every startup that grows to the point where it can go public or be profitably acquired, hundreds of others sputter and die. Smart entrepreneurs know that the key to success isn’t the originality of your offering, the brilliance of your team, or how much money you raise. It’s how consistently you can grow and acquire new customers (or, for a free service, users). That’s called traction, and it makes everything else easier—fund-raising, hiring, press, partnerships, acquisitions. Talk is cheap, but traction is hard evidence that you’re on the right path.Traction will teach you the nineteen channels you can use to build a customer base, and how to pick the right ones for your business. It draws on inter-views with more than forty successful founders, including Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), Alexis Ohanian (reddit), Paul English (Kayak), and Dharmesh Shah (HubSpot). You’ll learn, for example, how to: ·Find and use offline ads and other channels your competitors probably aren’t using·Get targeted media coverage that will help you reach more customers·Boost the effectiveness of your email marketing campaigns by automating staggered sets of prompts and updates·Improve your search engine rankings and advertising through online tools and researchWeinberg and Mares know that there’s no one-size-fits-all solution; every startup faces unique challenges and will benefit from a blend of these nineteen traction channels. They offer a three-step framework (called Bullseye) to figure out which ones will work best for your business. But no matter how you apply them, the lessons and examples in Traction will help you create and sustain the growth your business desperately needs.
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"The latest, most specific tactics from the red-hot center of the internet marketing universe. From someone who has done it. Twice." - Seth Godin
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Seth Godin Book Recommendations - 15 Amazing Reads

Seth Godin book recommendations. 15 books Seth Godin suggests reading. It is a Seth Godin book list of his favorite reads that he has mentioned recently.
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Seth Godin book recommendations. 15 books Seth Godin suggests reading. It is a Seth Godin book list of his favorite reads that he has mentioned recently.
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Poilâne

Epicurious' "New Fall 2019 Cookbooks We Can't Wait to Cook From" Food & Wine 18 Essential New Cookbooks for Fall Amazon's pick for Biggest Cookbooks of Fall Chowhound's Best New Cookbooks and Best New Baking Cookbooks for Fall 2019 "In many ways, the good bread we have now in the United States exists thanks to Poilâne. Poilâne bakery and the Poilâne family have revolutionized the way we think about bread, and it is deeply important that we preserve and learn from their legacy." --Alice Waters,from the foreword To food lovers the world over, a trip to Paris is not complete without a visit to Poilâne. Ina Garten raves about the bread's "extraordinary quality." Martha Stewart says the P in Poilâne stands for "perfect." For the first time,Poilâneprovides detailed instructions so bakers can reproduce its unique "hug-sized" sourdough loaves at home, as well as the bakery's other much-loved breads and pastries. It tells the story of how Apollonia Poilâne, the third-generation baker and owner, took over the global business at age eighteen and steered it into the future as a Harvard University freshman after her parents were killed in a helicopter crash. Beyond bread, Apollonia includes recipes for pastries such as the bakery's exquisite but unfussy tarts and butter cookies. In recipes that use bread as an ingredient, she shows how to make the most from a loaf, from crust to crumb. In still other dishes, she explores the world of grains: rice, corn, barley, oats, and millet. From sunup to sundown,Poilâne traces the hours in a baker's day, blending narrative, recipes, and Apollonia's philosophy of bread.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
Her new book, her first in English, is out this week. Her dad changed my life, and her bread and the way she talks about it might change yours.
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Reboot

One of the start-up world’s most in-demand executive coaches—hailed as the “CEO Whisperer” (Gimlet Media)—reveals why radical self-inquiry is critical to professional success and healthy relationships in all realms of life.Jerry Colonna helps start-up CEOs make peace with their demons, the psychological habits and behavioral patterns that have helped them to succeed—molding them into highly accomplished individuals—yet have been detrimental to their relationships and ultimate well-being. Now, this venture capitalist turned executive coach shares his unusual yet highly effective blend of Buddhism, Jungian therapy, and entrepreneurial straight talk to help leaders overcome their own psychological traumas. Reboot is a journey of radical self-inquiry, helping you to reset your life by sorting through the emotional baggage that is holding you back professionally, and even more important, in your relationships.Jerry has taught CEOs and their top teams to realize their potential by using the raw material of their lives to find meaning, to build healthy interpersonal bonds, and to become more compassionate and bold leaders. In Reboot, he inspires everyone to hold themselves responsible for their choices and for the possibility of truly achieving their dreams.Work does not have to destroy us. Work can be the way in which we achieve our fullest self, Jerry firmly believes. What we need, sometimes, is a chance to reset our goals and to reconnect with our deepest selves and with each other. Reboot moves and empowers us to begin this journey.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
Jerry Colonna, the quiet coach of so many successful leaders, has his first book out, publishing tomorrow. It’s raw, personal and life-altering. It’s called Reboot.
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Seth Godin Fresh Reading List - 10 Important Books

This spring Seth shared a list of books he believes to be important for everyone. Take a look at the inspiring Seth Godin 10 book recommendations!
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This spring Seth shared a list of books he believes to be important for everyone. Take a look at the inspiring Seth Godin 10 book recommendations!
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Caste

'Required reading for all of humanity' Oprah Winfrey'An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.' Dwight Garner, The New York Times'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not'Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden phenomenon. Linking America, India and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson reveals how our world has been shaped by caste - and how its rigid, arbitrary hierarchies still divide us today. With clear-sighted rigour, Wilkerson unearths the eight pillars that connect caste systems across civilizations, and demonstrates how our own era of intensifying conflict and upheaval has arisen as a consequence of caste. Weaving in stories of real people, she shows how its insidious undertow emerges every day; she documents its surprising health costs; and she explores its effects on culture and politics. Finally, Wilkerson points forward to the ways we can - and must - move beyond its artificial divisions, towards our common humanity.Beautifully written and deeply original, Caste is an eye-opening examination of what lies beneath the surface of ordinary lives. No one can afford to ignore the moral clarity of its insights, or its urgent call for a freer, fairer world.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
Great non-fiction helps us see the unseen, plants and nurtures ideas that matter, and, sometimes, can leave us better than we were. Isabel Wilkerson’s new book Caste does all of those things. It uses language, analogy and history to pull together disparate threads into a coherent, devastating whole. Highly recommended.
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In Search of Excellence

The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table.Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, In Search of Excellence describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful.Joining the HarperBusiness Essentials series, this phenomenal bestseller features a new Authors' Note, and reintroduces these vital principles in an accessible and practical way for today's management reader.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
There are not so many books that I wish I had written that I hadn't written, but this is one of them. (8 m 00 s)
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The Pursuit of Wow!

Organized into more than 200 thought- and action-provoking elements—from the importance of clean trucks and bathrooms to conversations with entrepreneurs creating new markets—Tom Peters, bestselling management guru offers a practical guide to impractical times. In The Pursuit of Wow!, Tom Peters offers readers the words, the tools, to survive in tumultuous business environments. In his groundbreaking book, In Search of Excellence changed the way business does business. Now it’s time to take the next leap into the cyberstage era. Getting to a place called excellence is no longer the idea. You’ve got to take that leap, then leap again—catapult their imaginations, blow their mindsets—in a word, wow! them. Once more the unconventional Peters stimulates corporate thought processes. Along with the best of his columns, Peters includes questions and rebuttals that come from readers and listeners, as well as his own candid responses. A must-read for every business person.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
You don't have to read many books that I've written, if you just read The Pursuit of Wow. What Tom is talking about in this book, and he is not afraid to use exclamation points, underlines, bold and occasional illustrational photo, is that people who care can make a difference. (7 m 00 s)
TV Shows from Seth Godin

Suits

While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
I don’t like the travel that comes with my job and the treat I give myself after a talk is that I watch one episode of the trashy USA Network show called Suits. It’s completely divorced from reality and has a cliffhanger every six minutes, which makes an hour of the flight disappear quickly.
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The Sopranos

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
I used to watch The Sopranos on DVD on airplanes, but then I noticed that people were looking over my shoulder. Sometimes in The Sopranos there are strippers and so, oh my God, wait until that gets on Twitter—Seth’s watching porn on airplanes. I quit watching it, so I don’t know what happens at the end.
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Seinfeld

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
I got rid of my TV the day Seinfeld went off the air. I haven’t watched live television since then, except in a social setting where someone else needs to watch it.
Music from Seth Godin

Bob Dylan

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Entrepreneur
Can you invent a thing for which no one will ever invent a better version of it? Certainly, Dylan has done that for dozens of his songs.
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Bo Diddley

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Entrepreneur
In 1955, Bo Diddley released his first record. It became a #1 bestseller. The name of the track? “Bo Diddley.” It was a song about a singer and his work. That’s what it sounds like when you own it. When you sign your work. If you’re going to step up and create, it helps to own what you just did. You’re not simply another in a long line.
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‎The Silver Beats

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I'm listening to an obscure CD of the Silver Beats, a group of four Japanese lads who play note for note renditions of Beatles songs. They don't speak a word of English. And yet they sing beautifully.
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Patricia Barber

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Some people say Patricia Barber is a sellout because she’s a popular jazz musician as opposed to a starving jazz musician. But the people in the crowd don’t think that. I think selling out is largely about expectation, about being transparent and telling the truth to your audience.
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3 Musicians Seth Godin Likes

Ideas that spread, win. If you speak up about an idea or an artist you care about, the word spreads, the world changes.
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Ideas that spread, win. If you speak up about an idea or an artist you care about, the word spreads, the world changes.
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Keller Williams

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Entrepreneur
I listen to a lot of Keller Williams, who is a friend and brilliant musician
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Charlie Parker

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Entrepreneur
It’s been on there for a long time and before that, there was a Charlie Parker record on repeat.
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Muddy Waters

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Entrepreneur
I am sitting is a completely American-made analog stereo with a record player, a ModWright amplifier, two small monitor speakers made in California, which are connected by this funky wire, and on the record player is a 45RPM LP of Muddy Waters.
Goods from Seth Godin

Swedish Match, Three Stars Safety Matches, 10 pack

Famous Three Stars Safety Matches Brand. 2 Strikes Per Box; Strike-On-Box Pocket Matches. Made in Sweden. 32 Sticks (1.75 inches matches) Per Box. 1 Pack of 10 Small Boxes Each
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
Here’s the thing: Swedish matches are better. They might be the best in the world. They do everything a match should do–but better. They light more quickly, burn hotter, and give more match satisfaction.
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Scrabble Game

Classic Scrabble game has the letter tiles and game guide for a wordy showdown. Store the tiles In the drawstring bag. Every letter counts in Scrabble. Includes 1 game board, 100 wooden letter tiles, 4 tile racks, 1 drawstring letter bag and game guide. Includes 1 gameboard, 100 wooden letter tiles, 4 tile racks, 1 drawstring letter bag and game guide. Store the tiles In the drawstring bag. Classic Scrabble game has the letter tiles and game guide for a wordy showdown. Store the tiles in the drawstring bag. Every letter counts in Scrabble. Includes 1 gameboard, 100 wooden letter tiles, 4 tile racks, 1 drawstring letter bag and game guide
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
Play a game of Scrabble with your family None of them are perfect. Each of them are better than TV.
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Lijjat Papad, Udad (Black Pepper), 7.06-Ounce Pack (Pack of 20)

World renowned brand of pappadums with black pepper. Quick and easy to prepare appetizer or snack!. Serve with chutney, or as an accompaniment to your main dish.. Product of India
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Entrepreneur
The next chance you have to visit an Indian grocery, buy yourself a packet of papad (sometimes called papadum, or the phonologic, ‘poppers’). They cost about $2 for 10. (my favorite brand) [It turns out that this is a woman-owned company, doing social innovation along the way]…
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Peeps Eyeglass Cleaner (Blue)

GROUND BREAKING TECHNOLOGY: Peeps eyeglass cleaner is an efficient and durable ground-breaking carbon microfiber tech that cleans all glasses.. EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE: A very effective dry-clean technology, substance free, that is also used exclusively in space by NASA to clean glass.. SAFE TECHNOLOGY: Won't damage the special coating of the eyeglass lens. Safe technology for designer glasses as well as normal reading glasses.. A BETTER VIEW: Peeps eye wear cleaner leaves your glasses and sunglass free of any residue, including fingerprints, streaks, smudges and more!. BRING IT EVERYWHERE: The perfect size eyeglass cleaner to take with you - it measures approximately 4x1x1 inches. Available in 7 unique colors.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
Peeps are an extraordinary device, one that every human with a pair of eyeglasses will be blown away by. And at $15, you’ll be thought of every day of the year… Buy extra, they have a habit of being borrowed.
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Personalized Stationery

Our personalized stationery is letterpress printed by hand on antique machinery. Color border is hand painted on crisp white paper. Your name and your return address printed in gold foil. Choose from four envelope colors.
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Entrepreneur
If you give someone a box of beautiful custom stationery, they’ll send more beautiful handwritten notes. A gift that truly keeps giving.
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Korin Suisin Special Inox Orange POM Handle Petty 5.9" (15cm)

EXCEPTIONAL SHARPNESS ✅: The special grade stain resistant AUS-10 steel has a higher carbon content, giving it the cut and feel similar to a carbon knife without the maintenance.. MULTI-PURPOSE ✅: The petty is a smaller chef knife that makes it a convenient size for peeling and other delicate work.. NIMBLE & PRECISE ✅: Lightweight and thin, Japanese chef knives have a sharper blade and maintain their sharpness longer than most other chef knives.. COMFORT ✅: The attractive orange handle is made of an easy-to-clean and bacteria resistant POM molded handle and topped with a stainless steel cap. With superior balance and a slightly weighted feel, these knives are comfortable in the hand and a pleasure to use.. QUALITY ASSURANCE ✅: The Korin Special Inox is an original design created by Korin's resident knife master, Chiharu Sugai and Knife System's founder, Junro Aoki.
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
A handmade knife from Japan is an heirloom waiting to happen. Korin is a reliable place to start. And there are local artisans making beautiful knives everywhere.
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Baking Steel

Made in USA. The Baking Steel 3/8" Version is perfect for making high quality pizza's at home.. Virtually indestructible and pre-seasoned with our proprietary oil. Stores 18 times more energy than traditional ceramic pizza stones, essential for crispier crusts and faster cook times. 3/8" steel is virtually indestructible and wont shatter or crack; cleans up quickly and easily with gentle soap and warm water
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
Also for anyone with an oven, a sheet of 1 foot by 1 foot steel for your oven will totally change the way you make pizza or almost anything else, even if you go with the convenient path and buy frozen
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KoMo Medium Grain Mill

Beechwood construction. Grinds from fine flour to coarse meal. Long life corundum-ceramic burrs. Cleanup is quick and easy. Made in Austria, 12 year U.S. warranty
Seth Godin
Entrepreneur
For the baker in your life, this grain mill is a game changer. Now you can buy local rye, wheat or other grains and grind and bake fresh. I like the Komo.