Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 28, 2023

Let someone else worry about it… And so we give up our agency and our freedom, simply to avoid responsibility. Every time we choose a job, cast a ballot (or choose not to), or select a path, we’re making a choice. …is no choice at all. The stable owner gets to pick which horse you get. Take it or leave it.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

When someone tries to take our freedom of choice away, it’s a problem. In school, we’re bound by the course catalog, the schedule and the requirements of a degree, but even there, we had more freedom than we imagined. What did you have for lunch yesterday? Best choice? And yet… We have far more choices than we realize.

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Consulthon

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Due to a tightening labor market and a competitive global economy, highly talented individuals have a lot of freedom in where they choose to work. What is the employee experience? Pay isn't the so.

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Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 23, 2022

In many situations, we have the freedom to choose. We can choose a quadrant or we can choose not to participate. We can choose a quadrant or we can choose not to participate. And if we’re lucky or care enough, we can choose who to vote for, who to work for and where we’re headed.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Dr. Viktor Frankel declared, “Man’s ultimate freedom is his ability to choose his own attitude.” ” Are you choosing a winning attitude? Viktor Frankel declared, “Man’s ultimate freedom is his ability to choose his own attitude.” ” Are you choosing a winning attitude?

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Makarios Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2024

In fear of the latter, leaders all too often choose not to delegate at all. Every leader knows that effective delegation is key to successful leadership. Every leader knows that effective delegation is an unbelievable boon to themselves, their business, and the people they delegate to. 1 Here’s how to delegate your way to a great 2024!

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Tom Spencer

JULY 7, 2023

I previously wrote a similar article for those in consulting coming from undergrad. Now I want to highlight the outlook for those who joined consulting from grad school. The variables for consideration are similar among all these groups. In this article, I want to spell out the career planning considerations that are common with this group.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 16, 2020

I realized that I was remiss in pointing out one business model that both might choose: becoming a subcontractor. A couple of days ago I wrote an article that differentiates between consultants and coaches and the respective business models. Quick Recap on the Difference Between Consultants and Coaches. The Benefits of Being a Subcontractor.

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 4, 2020

It can be seen as a chance for freedom, or a promise made but not kept. We can choose to be part of something or choose to be apart. Liberty is a state of mind. Liberty is the offer and promise and requirement of responsibility. A willingness to connect and to offer dignity in response to those around us. And essential.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Less Audience Receptivity Have you noticed how much more difficult it is to gain an audience with potential buyers and then, when you do, how much less receptive they are to your messages? You are not alone. You need a strategy to better influence customers. How to Meet the Challenge Simply selling harder will actually push customers away.

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Seth Godin Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

When individuals have the freedom to choose, they often do. It’s the most resilient, most granular technique available for us to figure out what people want. At the same time that markets enable choice, large-scale industrial capitalism works overtime to remove it. Some organizations exist to satisfy market demand.

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 4, 2017

Freedom comes with choice and choice comes with responsibility. Why do people willingly give up their freedom to a boss, a method or or even a despot? Why do so many choose to go into debt when they might be able to avoid it? Sometimes, we willingly sacrifice our freedom because it creates an other, someone to blame.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 29, 2023

And while there are countless training courses, choosing the one that is the best fit for you and your business is of utmost importance. When running a business, you want to ensure that your employees are as trained and knowledgeable as possible. That’s where eLearning comes in. Not sure if it’s right for you?

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

By: Jennifer LeBlanc Over the summer, we’ve been secretly working on a great project … we’re doing a pro bono brand relaunch for Operation Freedom Paws. The program Mary runs at Operation Freedom Paws teaches the vets to train their own dogs over a 32-week period, giving them confidence and strengthening the human-canine bond.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 2, 2022

Here are the “rules” for these decisions: The department heads must choose within 24 hours. Here are the “rules” for these decisions: The department heads must choose within 24 hours. If they can't “possibly choose” in that time, I choose. I always choose zero. How to start?

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Chad Barr

MAY 19, 2021

What are you doing to create your dream life that encapsulates better health, quality time spent with family, friends and colleagues, creation and innovation of new products and services, improving and impacting others, wealth creation, enjoying hobbies and gaining the freedom to choose what to do, when, where and how?

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 22, 2020

You saw the questions that help people choose the project driver. I think of constraints as bounding the project inside the driver, and floats as degrees of freedom. We need enough degrees of freedom. In Part 1 , I wrote about the origins of drivers, constraints, and floats. What about the constraints and floats?

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 14, 2021

Autonomy : Do you have the freedom to make choices? If you think about your moments of flow, or the pastimes and hobbies we choose, they have all or most of these elements. 50 years ago, Oldham and Hackman proposed the job characteristics model. Task identity : Do you feel ownership (emotionally) in the work you’re doing?

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

It’s a different discipline from the first moment to the last, one that brings freedom along with responsibility. It’s a different discipline from the first moment to the last, one that brings freedom along with responsibility. Whatever you choose, choose! Just posted, a long lost lecture on this).

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 18, 2022

I have heard about and personally experienced the “choose your own path” phenomena of consulting. Career paths which are dominated by knowledge workers all have one thing in common. The personal interests of the individual drives their career. This is a cycle which can continue for an entire career. Identifying your interests.

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The Management Centre

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Since then, many of our customers still choose to develop their teams via a virtual classroom. Online learning was pushed into the spotlight a few years ago out of necessity. So which is best for your people – online or face to face training? The answer to which training format is best is… it depends!

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Peter Stark

JULY 5, 2020

Frankl said it best, “Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.” What attitude did you bring to work with you today? Seems like a silly question, but in reality, very few leaders are aware of their attitude at any given moment. A bad manager can ruin the work environment and lower morale for everyone.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Which means that not only do we have to wrestle with insufficiency (of respect, of compensation, of reliable work) but we also have to take responsibility for our freedom. Which means that not only do we have to wrestle with insufficiency (of respect, of compensation, of reliable work) but we also have to take responsibility for our freedom.

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Consulting Success

MARCH 8, 2018

Transcript: Let’s talk about the difference between a consultant and a consulting business owner, because they’re very different, and a lot of people don’t understand the difference. There’s no business left because there’s no clients, because you haven’t built up an asset. They have to start again.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Or perhaps what's emerging in you now is that drive for control over your career, creative freedom, time and earning potential? To decide - go through each option and ask yourself these 7 questions: If I choose this option, does it fit into what I know to be true about the overall direction of my life and career? your own terms.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

It gets a little more nuanced when we talk about what $2 means to you, what the freedom to choose is worth, the guilt or joy you get from eating a sugary dessert all on your own, the fun of sharing it with a friend, your narrative about hormones and livestock… Maybe it’s not that easy after all.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 8, 2018

To some it’s about revenues, for others it may be the freedom to choose, leaving a legacy, impacting others, building an empire, improving the world, innovating and many other definitions. Photo by: Chad Barr. One of the most powerful questions I often ask myself and my clients is “how do you paint success?”

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 28, 2017

We have the power to choose you, to grade you, to give you a magic diploma. Often overlooked is the decision every marketer makes about how they will treat the issue of power (asymmetrical or not) in their marketing. Consider insurance. Companies like Allstate don't market themselves as the dominant force in the relationship.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 22, 2014

No one has the freedom to do anything or everything, and all choices bring consequences. What we choose to do next, though, how to spend our resources or attention or effort, this is what defines us.' Connections are a choice. Reputation is a choice. The work is a choice. Words are a choice. Leading is a choice.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 8, 2013

He opposed Apartheid – a system of segregation which curtailed the rights and freedoms of black South Africans. He opposed Apartheid – a system of segregation which curtailed the rights and freedoms of black South Africans. What can we learn from the life of such a man? What can we learn from Madiba ? And, so can you.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 21, 2020

How do each of us choose to contribute? And to do it without raising money from a bank or waiting in line for a venture capitalist to smile at you is where freedom can be found. And to do it without raising money from a bank or waiting in line for a venture capitalist to smile at you is where freedom can be found.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2024

In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." As we begin this new year, I encourage you to spend some quiet time reflecting on this past year - the unforeseen challenges, the changes you made to your leadership habits, and what is most important. Biases are present in all leaders.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Today, we''re faced with an entirely new kind of change--the changes we can choose to make, the changes that are available to us as opposed to changes that are forced on us. While we still deal with top-down cultural change at work and at home, the degrees of freedom have dramatically shifted. You had no choice.

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Comatch

APRIL 29, 2022

What can we learn from the women who choose this professional path? . Over the past several years, consultancies across the globe have worked to increase gender equality. However, there are still fewer women than men in the consulting industry. When it comes to self-employment, men significantly outnumber women at 65% of our consultant pool.

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Kai Davis

DECEMBER 8, 2022

That is the way to freedom from the sense of anxiety that you’re missing out on things. That is the way to freedom from the sense of anxiety that you’re missing out on things. You have to choose a few things, sacrifice everything else, and deal with the inevitable sense of loss that results. I wish everyone would read this book.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 23, 2020

When that occurs, they miss the ability to optimize on our separation by choosing how to treat people and by how we create a meeting environment. There's more, but I'll start with the freedom to openly discuss.). There's more, but I'll start with the freedom to openly discuss.). What do I mean by respect in remote meetings?

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Brands with loyalty earn commitment, and it gives them the freedom to invest in even better work. One option is to make secession more difficult, the other is to increase the likelihood of individuals choosing to commit. Leaving (and the perceived threat of leaving) is a powerful negotiation tactic. The customer is trapped.

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