If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. It jeopardizes our vitality. Seth suggests that there is a biological source for Resistance. We can help you! We’d love your help. Overcoming resistance is a process! Unable to add item to List. The new wave of interest in the concept has translated into book sales. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Embed this quote text, quote image or both quote and text on your website, blog or BB Forums using the codes below. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. ( Log Out /  Aware of where your skills are welcomed.”, “I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace.”, “When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short not easy. 8201 164th Ave NE, Suite 200 Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Have the discipline to get your thrashing done early and then be stubborn near the end when it’s time to ship. I was intrigued to see recently that Seth Godin is now exploring this very topic in his new book, ‘Linchpin’. But that’s okay. One of the quotes that I LOVED and gave me a little laugh: “Dont just slather some facebook on your company and think that all your (marketing) problems will go away.”. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. The incessant worry. -You excessively criticize the work of your peers, thus unrealistically raising the bar for your work Please try your request again later. -Announcing that you have neither. When we sprint, all the internal dialogue falls away and we focus on going as fast as we possibly can. Don't you hate that? It’s not yet published, however my plea is that people start to get in action, get together, share themselves, be vulnerable. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Welcome back. Godin talks about the resistance in a few of his books and in his blog posts quite frequently. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Kirstin I think you did a great job coordinating this event for us! (143-144). As far as I can see, we all have. I read it once a year - specifically when I'm working on a goal that is taking longer than planned. Defeating Resistance, overcoming procrastination, making a start: these need to be active processes. But, we only succeed when we roll up our sleeves and take it on. ( Log Out /  We need you to make a ruckus.”, “Not only must you be an artist, must you be generous, and must you be able to see where you can help but you must also be aware. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. At the 2014 HOW conference, Debbie Millman, host of the excellent interview show Design Matters and a remarkable mind, sat down with the prolific Seth Godin to discuss courage, anxiety, change, creative integrity, and why he got thrown out of Milton Glaser’s class. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. I experience the resistance in all realms of my life, and I experience it quite frequently (I’m pretty sure most humans do). Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there’s the comfortable alternative instead? The self-doubt. I like it so much I have the audio as well and I routinely listen and read them once a month to remind me to.. well.. do the work. Your resistance is always comfortable with low expectations. “When you feel the resistance, do the exact opposite of what it wants you to do. I am ready to survive the belly of the beast! It’s the nature of human “survival,” however it’s also the thing that is killing us. Redmond, WA 98052 Turning Pro and The War of Art will do you much better. The only point of starting something is to eventually finish it; as Godin puts it: “Shipping is the collision between your work and the outside world.” (103) ( Log Out /  Inspirational Quote by Seth Godin - The resistance is not something to be avoided, it's something to seek out. Even to write this short review I had to overcome what Steven Pressfield calls in his book Resistance. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.”, “You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. You can then go back and fix it. Might motivate the right person...but not me, Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2017. During the talk I wrote down pages of notes, insights, and quotes from Godin. What is it that causes us to delay action? Did you finish?” (136). Picking up where The War of Art and Turning Pro left off, Do The Work takes the reader from the start to the finish of any long-form project—novel, screenplay, album, software piece, you name it. I also hated the way it was presented...each page looked different with different font sizes...not sure if the author was trying to fill more space or be creative but I found it annoying. redmond@thinkspace.com, http://www.zeitgeist33.com/z-movement-blog/a-plea-for-help.html, Blogging Innovation » How to be Lazy, Productive and Successful, How to be Lazy, Productive and Successful | thinkspace, The Adventures of Entrepreneurship and Trail Running, Thinkspace Community’s Impact as a Bloodworks NW Pop Up Location, Startup Crisis Framework for the Wartime CEO, The Cycle of Anything Impossible – TEDx Talk by Peter Chee. I have read pressfields previous books , I am not the biggest fan of this one to be honest and it’s a very very short read and for the price at the time don’t think it was worth it. The secret is being willing to be wrong. Do The Work felt as if he succomed to just throwing something out there and making money off it because of his previous reputation. Tonight I just published my first book and I decided to pay it forward by leaving reviews for the few books that have been KEY in getting this book done after 3.5 years. Glad to participate with you –  Browse through thousands of Authors and Categories to find out words which can really change your life! ( Log Out /  To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace.”, “Art is never defect-free. The fact that you hesitated about writing a comment on this post is related to our natural resistance as humans, but I’m so glad you did. You can’t beat it, so you must seduce it. Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can. The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.” (116). I am right in line with what you’re saying. I find it fun and liberating to fight the resistance by doing the exact opposite of what it’s telling me to. Godin calls this fear “the resistance.” It is something all creators and leaders go through. I consider Godin to be a total thought leader in the realm of self-motivation and innovation. Kind of like, “The first step is admitting you have a problem.” The rest of it creates civilization.” (109), “If we go down the list of behaviors that are highly valued because of their scarcity, almost all of them are related to bringing a conscious and generous mind to the work, instead of indulging our lizard brain’s reflexes of fear, revenge, and conquest.” (112), (After explaining how even just simple eye contact can cause gorillas to go crazy at the zoo) “Eye contact, all by itself, is enough to throw your lizard brain into a tizzy. We also attended with five of our thinkspace members, Mirko Freguia, Andrew Spottswood, Javier Palamo, Ali Spain, and Matt Heinz. It saved my life, and it will save yours." The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do.”, “If you can't be remarkable, perhaps you should consider doing nothing until you can.”, “Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.”, “The road to comfort is crowded and it rarely gets you there. 2 thoughts on “ Resistance, procrastination & Seth Godin ” Aodan Enright Post author February 4, 2010 at 12:29 pm. It looks like author just cut and paste the highlights of his other books into this book with no real anchor , instead there are just these quotes floating around. Want to know how? One interesting postscript to Seth’s endorsement of Steven Pressfield’s work is that the book is now no longer available on Amazon. Not a bad idea as this is what some of the top people in any business do. Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2017. 1700 Westlake Ave. N #200 When you say it out loud (not think it, say it), the lizard brain retreats in shame. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.