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Godin attempts to soar, exhorting people to create art, then to create better art, and be inspired by other artists. Popular business writer godin whatcha gonna do with that duck and other provocations, 20062012, 2012, etc. But that part of the famous greek myth is not the actual deception according to perhaps the worlds foremost marketing genius far from my opinion only, seth godin, for far too long, weve been taught to play it safe, stay in the comfort zone, dont make. The icarus deception, written and read by seth godin youtube. Everyone knows that icarus s father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun. We gathered rich insights about the future of marketing from guru seth godin. Seths book opens up my safety zone, helps me to get out of it and to get my art out there. In the icarus deception, seth godin s most inspiring book, he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their work as a form of art. Find an institution, a job, a set of rules to stick to.
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Making art is not the purview of a select few, but rather a defining act of being human. It also is inspirational to see the thought process of this interview. Icarus might have flown too close to the sun, but we usually forget that he was also warned not to fly too low. Godin recently set the publishing world abuzz, once again, by using a crowdfunding service to prove that people were interested in the notion of his next book before he ever. This acclaimed book by seth godin is available at in several formats for your ereader. In seth godins most inspiring book yet, he challenges reader. This is marketing ebook by seth godin rakuten kobo.
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