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Seth Godin

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Three Stooges

“The Three Stooges episode where Curly is in the tub with the pipes, and they keep leaking? Yes, I love classic Three Stooges.”

Conversations with Tyler · 31 May 2023

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Now you have a category, pickup trucks, that are purchased for a very specific reason to show your neighbors you care about utility. Even if you never use the bed, that's the story of driving a pickup truck.

“Now you have a category, pickup trucks, that are purchased for a very specific reason to show your neighbors you care about utility. Even if you never use the bed, that's the story of driving a pickup truck.”
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Seth Godin
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Lenny's Podcast

03 / evaluation

Because I've had menial jobs in food service and I got to tell you, when the boss forces you to be mediocre and bored, there's no amount of money they can pay you to do that job.

“Because I've had menial jobs in food service and I got to tell you, when the boss forces you to be mediocre and bored, there's no amount of money they can pay you to do that job.”
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Seth Godin
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

04 / evaluation

" This is the opposite of what most people in this job do, which is they say, how do I please my boss? And if you're just doing your job, then don't expect to get rewarded for more than just doing your job because we can find lots of people who can just do your job.

“" This is the opposite of what most people in this job do, which is they say, how do I please my boss? And if you're just doing your job, then don't expect to get rewarded for more than just doing your job because we can find lots of people who can just do your job.”
Speaker
Seth Godin
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

05 / evaluation

When you choose your smallest viable audience, what language they speak, how much money they have, what problem they're trying to solve, what their technical facility is, whether they're short-tempered, whether they're kind, whether they're going to stick with you, you have chosen everything that's going to go into the product and what your future is going to be like. And so the Humane Pin people, whatever it was called, made a mistake when they picked their customers because they showed up like they had a finished Apple-quality product and they were trying to appeal to the kind of people that would buy on pre-order a finished Apple quality product.

“When you choose your smallest viable audience, what language they speak, how much money they have, what problem they're trying to solve, what their technical facility is, whether they're short-tempered, whether they're kind, whether they're going to stick with you, you have chosen everything that's going to go into the product and what your future is going to be like. And so the Humane Pin people, whatever it was called, made a mistake when they picked their customers because they showed up like they had a finished Apple-quality product and they were trying to appeal to the kind of people that would buy on pre-order a finished Apple quality product.”
Speaker
Seth Godin
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

06 / evaluation

” During the pandemic, it was easy to talk to your friends about this thing that they could do to get themselves out of their malaise. But now, Peloton is not giving people a good reason to tell their friends, which means it’s not going to grow, and it’s easier to quit or have it fade away because you don’t feel missed when you’re not there.

“” During the pandemic, it was easy to talk to your friends about this thing that they could do to get themselves out of their malaise. But now, Peloton is not giving people a good reason to tell their friends, which means it’s not going to grow, and it’s easier to quit or have it fade away because you don’t feel missed when you’re not there.”
Speaker
Seth Godin
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

07 / evaluation

Both of them have stories that have problems right now because, as the trends shift, Toyota finds itself behind because they bet on different alternative fuels than electricity, and Tesla because their founder hoards attention.

“Both of them have stories that have problems right now because, as the trends shift, Toyota finds itself behind because they bet on different alternative fuels than electricity, and Tesla because their founder hoards attention.”
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Seth Godin
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

08 / evaluation

The same way — and I’m sure you remember this — when Google came along — I was at Yahoo at the time — when Google came along, if you took Google results and results from Bing or Yahoo, and just switched the logos at the top, people would say they prefer the Google results, even when they were looking at the Microsoft results, because Google didn’t have a technology problem.

“The same way — and I’m sure you remember this — when Google came along — I was at Yahoo at the time — when Google came along, if you took Google results and results from Bing or Yahoo, and just switched the logos at the top, people would say they prefer the Google results, even when they were looking at the Microsoft results, because Google didn’t have a technology problem.”
Speaker
Seth Godin
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

09 / evaluation

I think that our ability to rationalize our lazy, convenient, selfish, immoral, bad behavior is unbounded, and people will find a reason to justify the thing that they used to do because that’s how we evolved.

“I think that our ability to rationalize our lazy, convenient, selfish, immoral, bad behavior is unbounded, and people will find a reason to justify the thing that they used to do because that’s how we evolved.”
Speaker
Seth Godin
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

10 / evaluation

They kicked me out of the Direct Marketing Association for my stance against spam a long time ago. But I guess what I would say is this: we have developed a culture where it is accepted and expected that the recipient will guard their attention and guard their pocketbook.

“They kicked me out of the Direct Marketing Association for my stance against spam a long time ago. But I guess what I would say is this: we have developed a culture where it is accepted and expected that the recipient will guard their attention and guard their pocketbook.”
Speaker
Seth Godin
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

11 / evaluation

There are people who believe that a utilitarian sort of Soviet mindset is better, but even that person is driving their 25-year-old Pontiac because the story they tell themselves about that car makes them feel better.

“There are people who believe that a utilitarian sort of Soviet mindset is better, but even that person is driving their 25-year-old Pontiac because the story they tell themselves about that car makes them feel better.”
Speaker
Seth Godin
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler
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