The Practice, Seth Godin
The Practice, Seth Godin
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The Practice
Shipping Creative Work

Author: Seth Godin

Narrator: Seth Godin

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 11/03/2020


Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Linchpin, Tribes, and The Dip comes an elegant little book that will inspire artists, writers, and entrepreneurs to stretch and commit to putting their best work out into the world.

Creative work doesn't come with a guarantee. But there is a pattern to who succeeds and who doesn't. And engaging in the consistent practice of its pursuit is the best way forward.

Based on the breakthrough Akimbo workshop pioneered by legendary author Seth Godin, The Practice will help you get unstuck and find the courage to make and share creative work. Godin insists that writer's block is a myth, that consistency is far more important than authenticity, and that experiencing the imposter syndrome is a sign that you're a well-adjusted human. Most of all, he shows you what it takes to turn your passion from a private distraction to a productive contribution, the one you've been seeking to share all along.

With this book as your guide, you'll learn to dance with your fear. To take the risks worth taking. And to embrace the empathy required to make work that contributes with authenticity and joy.

About The Author

Seth Godin is the author of 18 international bestsellers that have changed the way people think about work and have been translated into 38 languages - among them Unleashing the Ideavirus, Permission Marketing, Purple Cow, Tribes, The Dip, Linchpin, Poke the Box, and All Marketers Are Liars. He writes the most popular marketing blog in the world and speaks to audiences around the world. He is the founder of the altMBA, the founder and former CEO of Squidoo.com, the former VP of Direct Marketing at Yahoo!, and the founder of the pioneering online startup Yoyodyne. You can learn much more about him at sethgodin.com..


Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric on December 15, 2020

I didn't actually finish this book. I got about half way through and I just kind of gave up. It's not that its a bad book. It's just that its not really a book. It's shaped like a book. It looks like a book. It's printed like a book. But it's not actually a book. It's just a concatenation of various......more

Goodreads review by Chris on November 27, 2020

Not so much a book - rather a set of 200+ blog posts. My advice is that you don't do as I did and try to sit down and read this as a complete work. It will benefit you more if you decide on a passage a day. Like The Daily Stoic - a series of meditations on creativity. As always, the wisdom is insight......more

Goodreads review by Eric on November 02, 2020

The book I needed to read right this very second.......more

Goodreads review by Diane on November 10, 2020

A call to action. A road map. An essential read for freelancers. Go make a ruckus......more

Goodreads review by Venky on November 06, 2020

A cross between a change agent and a psychiatrist, acclaimed marketing Guru and best-selling author Seth Godin’s latest work, “The Practice” is a small book of powerful affirmations. Mr. Godin urges his aspiring readers to abandon the outcome of their passionate calling and instead develop an unrele......more


Quotes

"This is the book I need right now. It’s an extraordinary and electrifying call to action for writers, artists and creators in every walk of life. I re-read passages and felt as if my own secret creed was being explained back to me, in words I hadn’t yet found."
--Rosanne Cash, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
 
“The Practice is a user’s manual for finding your calling and an alchemist’s handbook for pursuing your dream.”
--Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art
 
“Seth's book is a skeleton key specially molded to unlock the most creative version of you. Read it, and find yourself free to be who you know you really are.” 
--Brian Koppelman, co-producer and co-creator of Billions 

"With surgical precision, The Practice attacks our predictable misconceptions about the creative process and replaces them with better ideas, one by one. This book will inspire you to make things, hone your craft, and nudge you to ship things you are proud of. Read it."
--Tobi Lutke, CEO, Shopify

The Practice explains that what looks like a barrier is often a catalyst in disguise. Magic may not come from what we can see on the stage but from behind it, where the wood chopping happens."
--Peter Gabriel, Musician