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  • By: Seth Godin
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  • Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary

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.

©2011 Seth Godin (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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This Year I Am Committed To Poking The Box

An inspiring little book - he calls it a rant - by Seth Godin aimed at getting you to take initiative in business and in life in general; getting you to start things instead of waiting for permission.

I've listened to this book a great many times when I'm down and need to kickstart myself.

This is definitely a good listen. Go for it.

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If you need a helping hand to imitate your big idea read this book !

If you need a helping hand to imitate your big idea read this book !

Like:

Why we should take action
Why the most successful people fail the most
Why it's riskier to take no action

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A must for the proactive or scared to fail.

if you are lacking in confidence this is for you! If you want to be more proactive, this is for you. Go ahead listen, I dare you :-)

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You can't go wrong - even if you do...

A great listen to get you going and see you right the way through. Seth Godin at his simplest and best.

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Repetitive. The central idea is re-communicated.

The central idea is repeated over and over. A waste of time and frustrating listening.

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