#476: Seth Godin on The Game of Life, The Value of Hacks, and Overcoming Anxiety

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris and welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where it is my job every episode to deconstruct world class performers from all different disciplines, all different worlds. My guest today A fan favorite is Seth Godin. You can find him on Twitter at This Is Seth's blog. Seth is the author of 19 international bestsellers translated into more than 35 languages. Can't wait until he has his 20th. That'll make that number so much cleaner. Including Tribes, Purple Cow, Lynchpin, The Dip, and This Is Marketing. He writes daily at Set. dot blog, which is one of the most popular blogs and has been for god decades, I would imagine at this point. He's also the founder of the Alt MBA and the Akimba workshops online seminars that have transformed the work of thousands of people. He writes about the post industrial revolution, the ways ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership, and most of all, changing Everything.

His newest book is The Practice. subtitle Shipping Creative Work. You can find him online at Seth.blog or SethGoden.com. He's on Twitter, but he's not an active tweeter. You can find that at this is Seth's blog and on Instagram, handled by his team at SethGoden.

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