Back in 2008, I was living in the United States. And at that time, during the financial crisis, I remember people positing that the US wouldn’t be able to build another commercial office building for at least the next twenty years. That’s how bad things… Read More
Seth Godin wrote on his blog today about what it means to be a lifelong fan — whether it be of a sports team, a car company, a political party, or, in his words, “anything where affiliation drives our sense of self and community.” There’s… Read More
Today’s Seth Godin post on innovation, guts, and generosity is Seth Godin at his best. One of the reasons why I like it is that I keep thinking that “innovative” has become too much of a buzzword. It’s similar to walking around and telling everybody… Read More
If any of you have gone to architecture school (or know someone who went to architecture school), you’ll know that everything revolves around something called studio. Studio – that’s really all you need to say – is worth many multiples of your other classes and… Read More
In addition to email, phone, and text, we live in a world where you can also easily and directly connect with people on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Snapchat, Swarm, WhatsApp, Slack, as well as on many other platforms. As much as I love tech,… Read More
I really like the post that Seth Godin wrote on his blog today called: The four elements of entrepreneurship. He defines entrepreneurs through their actions and behaviors. In his view, this is what they do: 1. They make decisions. 2. They invest in activities and assets… Read More
Here are a couple of cut-up snippets from a recent post by Seth Godin titled: “Waste and the new luxury.” Luxury goods are built on a foundation of waste. The front lawn is a luxury good, a sign that you don’t need to graze your cows… Read More
Here is a good follow-up to yesterday’s post about Ian Schrager and Edition Hotels. It’s a short post by Seth Godin that I’m going to reblog here in full: The gulf between “risky” and “feels risky” is huge. And it’s getting bigger. It turns out… Read More
A few days ago, Seth Godin published a terrific blog post called the rationality paradox. It’s not very long (like most of his posts) and I like it a lot (particularly the bold part), and so I’m reblogging it in full here: If you see yourself… Read More
A few weeks ago Seth Godin wrote a post on his blog called: What 99% looks like. He used the example of a Turkish vlogger who had posted an interview with him to YouTube that received the following view count, up votes and down votes:… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 