Poke the Box, Seth Godin
Poke the Box, Seth Godin
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Poke the Box

Author: Seth Godin

Narrator: Seth Godin

Unabridged: 2 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2011

Synopsis

We send our kids to school and obsess about their test scores, their behavior, and their ability to fit in.We post a help wanted ad and look for experience, famous colleges, and a history of avoiding failure.We invest in companies based on how they did last quarter, not on what they’re going to do tomorrow.So why are we surprised when it all falls apart?Our economy is not static, but we act as if it is. Your position in the world is defined by what you instigate, how you provoke, and what you learn from the events you cause. In a world filled with change, that’s what matters—your ability to create and learn from change.Poke the Box is a manifesto about producing something that’s scarce, and thus valuable. It demands that you stop waiting for a road map and start drawing one instead. You know how to do this, you’ve done it before, but along the way, someone talked you out of it.We need your insight and your dreams and your contributions. Hurry.

About Seth Godin

Seth Godin is the worldwide bestselling author of Permission Marketing, Unleashing the Ideavirus, and Survival is not Enough. He is a renowned public speaker, has started several successful companies, and is a contributing editor at Fast Company Magazine.

In 2003, Seth Godin's Purple Cow challenged organizations to become remarkable-to drive growth by standing out in a world full of brown cows. It struck a huge chord and stayed on the Business-Week bestseller list for nearly two years.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Riku on April 28, 2014

Half way through the book, I had decided that this book merits only a one sentence review: Seth Godin, surprisingly, turns out to be Mr. Obvious. After finishing the book, I have realized that this would not be fair. I particularly liked the section on Intellectual Integrity and Seth's point that an......more

Goodreads review by James on April 09, 2011

I've worked out what Seth Godin does, and it's very simple. He takes one valid and interesting thought, and writes it in lots of different ways to fill a book. What Seth has done in this book, I discover, is that he's had one good idea, and expanded on it, repeatedly, to make a book out of it. Seth's......more

Goodreads review by Shog on April 03, 2018

My brain is bursting with ideas I want to share with the world on my YouTube channel!......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on May 16, 2011

Poke the Box by Seth Godin is the kick in the butt everyone may need. Poke the Box encourages all minds to start up and go. It's good to have ideas, and it's even better to set those ideas into fruition. Godin mentions that one of the largest contributors to holding people back from great things is......more

Goodreads review by Rosa on March 04, 2011

Are you the box needing a poke? Wow. Seth Godin’s newest book Poke the Box has been out for a mere 3 days, and I notice there are already 14 reviews on Goodreads and 46 more at Amazon.com. Blogger buzz was singing high notes in my feed reader. As an author it’s easy to feel the green monster of envy b......more

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