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False equivalencies via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. It’s a pointless form of argument. “This scientist made a careless error in their paper, therefore we need to excuse a con artist who falsified an entire career.” Or, “that res… ift.tt/3cDgz13

Stevie and Marvin via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. When Marvin Gaye joined Motown, he went with his strengths. He wanted to work only in the studio. He hated touring and was sure he lacked the charisma and other gifts that made so… ift.tt/oBE9KVF

Compounding head starts via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. When a six-year-old kid beats the other kids at tennis, that kid is more likely to be encouraged to play more, or to get a coach, and pretty soon, they’re much better at ten… ift.tt/TugOvfq

Which sort of sinecure? via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. Sooner or later, we find a place to hide. A place of security or sustenance. A place of safety. That sort of foundation can give us peace of mind and open the door to possi… ift.tt/29ckwNM

More is More via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. More hope. More health. More security. More innovation. More breakthroughs. More connection. More creation. More joy. The climate movement doesn’t have to be about asking indiv… ift.tt/AwpcVor

Our homunculus is showing via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. The little person at the control panel, the one who sees what the retina produces, the one who decides, the one who speaks up… (This is the dualist solution to the fr… ift.tt/in6FzPf

Pique-a-boo via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. Marketers seek to make an impact, and that takes interest. Three ways to spell the key word: Peak interest can’t get any higher. It never happens at launch. It’s the result of cultural… ift.tt/rIOY5E3

When the sun is shining via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. Our job as professionals is to show up and do the work. Not simply respond to incoming or do the chores, but to create and innovate. And yet, some days feel more conducive … ift.tt/khfawmF

Ideas shared are exponential via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. If everyone visits a factory and takes a sample, it goes out of business. But if everyone in the community takes an idea, that idea goes up in value. The best marketi… ift.tt/8oCV7dt

The missing post via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. I had a great idea for a post, my best blogging of the year, in fact. I worked it all out when I was driving, but when I arrived, it was gone. Vanished. So I went searching for i… ift.tt/fqNJyus

The good china via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. Once you use your plates every day, they cease to be the good china. Of course, the plates didn’t change. Your story did. The way you treat them did. The same goes for the red carp… ift.tt/iCpeJcR

Chores via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. They’re essential. The house begins to stink if we don’t take out the garbage. But at work, while they might be essential, they may not be important. At least, not important enough for us t… ift.tt/s59ADqg

What’s a “techie”? via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. A friend’s email said, “I know many of my readers aren’t techies and you’re thinking of putting this newsletter aside…” We should get clear about what we’re talking about wh… ift.tt/SJ7q06P

Useful assumptions for teachers via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. Not simply in the classroom, but anywhere we hope to inform, inspire or educate: Assume enrollment. Either someone is committed to learning or they’re not. While ma… ift.tt/yd6GZaC

Skipping the good days via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. Part of the luxury of living near the ocean or the mountains is that you can be picky. If the surf or the powder isn’t great, leave it for the tourists. Good is insufficient,… ift.tt/djDzYyS

Choosing your pacemaker via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. Roger Bannister ran a four-minute mile by having a relay race of pace runners next to him. If he could keep up with his pacer, he’d finish the run in record time. If you wo… ift.tt/l4uYhSG

What comes after trust? via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. Walk into a bank with a stocking on your head and you’re probably going to get arrested. Civil society as we know it is dependent on identity and responsibility. A person d… ift.tt/h4j7BpO

The thing about decay via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. One reason we have so much trouble fixing chronic degenerative conditions is that we need to remove elements before we can start building new functions. If we simply put effo… ift.tt/rFIqxle

In search of chatoyancy via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. A cat’s eye is smooth but doesn’t seem to be… there’s a mystery of depth. That illusion is called chatoyancy. The same is true for some sorts of woods (cedar is an exce… ift.tt/tc76oF3

Nihil hic deest via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. This page intentionally left blank has a long history. I thought it was an IBM thing from the 1960s, but I was off by a thousand or more years. There are good reasons for a page t… ift.tt/rAuLVqT

The new way of work via Seth Godin's blog on marketing tribes and respect. Amazon is the last one. They are probably the last huge company where hundreds of thousands of people will be surveilled, measured and ordered to follow the rule book. The pan… ift.tt/vMaSlL8