Notational

Sure seems worthy of a reblog. As much as a marketer like Godin has an aura of snake-oil about him, his opinions are often right on the money.

femmebot:

jayparkinsonmd:

Seth Godin contacted me a while back to write something for his new ebook. It is now published. And it’s awesome:

Now, more than ever, we need to shake things up.

Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around. I hope a new ebook I’ve organized will get you started on that path. It took months, but I think you’ll find it worth it the effort. (Download here).

Here are more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year. From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant tech thinker Kevin Kelly, from publisher Tim O’Reilly to radio host Dave Ramsey, there are some important people riffing about important ideas here. The ebook includes Tom Peters, Jackie Huba and Jason Fried, along with Gina Trapani, Bill Taylor and Alan Webber.

Here’s the deal: it’s free. Download it here. Or from any of the many sites around the web that are posting it with insightful commentary. Tweet it, email it, post it on your own site. I think it might be fun to make up your own riff and post it on your blog or online profile as well. It’s a good exercise. Can we get this in the hands of 5 million people? You can find an easy to use version on Scribd as well and from wepapers. Please share.

What Matters Now

Fred Wilson also contributed to this (“Slow Capital”) as well as Derek Sivers (“Passion”), Gina Trapani (“Productivity”), Chris Anderson (“Atoms”), Tim O’Reilly (“Government 2.0”), and dozens of others (full listing of articles and authors). Somehow, I was also asked to be one of the contributors to this project (“Technology”) — an incredible honor, no doubt, which I used to help raise awareness and funding for the ITP Red Burns Scholarship.