From a Dan Pink post 3/1/2011.
Over the weekend, I had a chance to read Seth Godin's new book, Poke the Box. It's really good. If you haven't gotten your copy yet (the book comes out today), here are 5 of the most thought-provoking, action-inducting quotations from it:
1. "Imagine that the world had no middlemen, no publishers, no bosses, no HR folks, no one telling you what you could do. If you lived in that world, what would you do? Go. Do that."
2. "The relentless brainwashing of our fading industrial economy has created an expensive misunderstanding. Creative people or those with something to say believe they have to wait to be chosen . . . Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself."
3. "Why isn't every restaurant meal a fabulous buy for the money? Why isn't every tax dollar spent with the intensity and focus it could be spent with? It seems as though we're willing to accept mediocre as long as the product, the service, or the organization isn't totally broken."
4. "Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them."
5. "The market is obsessed with novelty. So go make some. We're tired of your old stuff."
More info: http://www.sethgodin.com
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