Seth Godin has shared some lessons from his Alternative MBA.
Has it really been six months? Apparently so. The Alternative MBA was a six month, free, unpaid, learning exercise based out of Seth’s office in New York City.
It’s amazing to look back over the last six months and consider what I’ve done since I applied and [...]
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Introducing Chris Guillebeau
I read Seth Godin’s blog. Seth wrote this about Chris Guillebeau’s newest manifesto called 279 Days to Overnight Success (pdf).
I have just finished reading the manifesto. I’m inspired. I agree with probably 30% to 50% of the content, but that’s not the point. The very existence of the manifesto is what inspires me. It’s time [...]
Posted in Business, Personal, Recommendations Also tagged 279 days, Chris Guillebeau, inspiration, manifesto 2 Comments
There’s still time…
… to apply for the alternative MBA. Applications due tomorrow (Sunday). I’ve just sent Seth my application. It’s done. It’s in. I can probably still make changes, I guess Seth won’t see it until Monday morning. But I won’t, it’s done. Now time will tell.
If I’m accepted, awesome, 6 months in New York working with [...]
A non MBA with Seth Godin
Wow. I just woke up and read this. Awesome. I’m physically excited. My first thought is, apply, do it right now, immediately, without hesitation. Ok, reality check:
I have 6 months of expenses saved, I can afford it.
I could still spend 3 hours / day working on my own stuff.
How would I get a visa to [...]
Posted in Business, Personal, philanthropy Also tagged education programs, MBA, new york city, nyc 10 Comments
Seth Godin’s Tribes for free
According to this page you can click this link and get Seth Godin’s Tribes ebook for free. I’ve already purchased a copy which should be delivered by Amazon, so I’m a member of triiibes. However, that is being physically shipped to my address in the UK, and I’m currently in Sydney (well, Melbourne today, but [...]
Thinking bigger
I think Seth Godin’s is my favourite blog. His posts are short, concise and usually thought provoking. Seth avoids the mistake of writing too much, too often, and writing crap just to keep the content flowing.
Today Seth talks about thinking bigger. It’s got me thinking about StraightPress.
I host a handful of WordPress sites for family, [...]
Posted in Business, Ideas, WordPress Also tagged Business, startups, straightpress, thinking big, WordPress 3 Comments
Inspiration from Seth – stay true
Seth posts this. Inspirational. It’s inspiring to see somebody at the point in their life/career where they can be true to their principles. I think it’s harder to remain true to one’s ideals at the earlier stages of a career. When you’re earning less, have less exposure, less influence, and so on. However, ironically, I [...]
I’ve joined the tribe
Another stroke of genius from Seth Godin. Hopefully my email made the cut in time, in which case, I’ve joined the tribe.
I might be on Seth’s book!
Seth posted a request for people to send pictures of themselves for the cover of his next book. What a genius idea! So sure enough, I whipped off a headshot. You never know, I might be immortalised in print!
Which begs the question, will I have to buy the book to find out? Is that part [...]
I don’t have a resume
I’ve never been a fan of resumes. It always sounded like such a boring job, cataloguing all the things I’ve done, listing all my various endeavours. Seth Godin has an excellent post on why great people don’t have resumes.
People often ask me how I found my current job, how I manage to work and travel, [...]
Posted in Business, Personal Also tagged curriculum vitae, cv, job applications, jobs, resumes 7 Comments
Seth Godin on Monetization
Apparently Seth Godin’s blog is read by “more people than 95% of all the magazines published in the US”. Impressive numbers. A reader asked why he doesn’t monetize his blog. To which he responded:
I tried to sum it up like this: Not only can’t I imagine charging for my blog, I’m practically in debt to [...]
Simple Writing
I read a fascinating post about Amazon’s new text stats today (thanks Seth). Amazon provide some cool statistics comparing the sentence length, word complexity and even words per dollar of books.
It’s interesting to note that in Steven’s (admittedly unscientific) comparison, the more popular books have fewer words per sentence and less complex words. I’m reassured [...]
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