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Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?
Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?
Oct 31, 2024 3:22 PM

Author:Seth Godin

Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?

Made for dipping into again and again, Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck? brings together the very best of Seth Godin's acclaimed blog and is a classic for fans both old and new.

'Getting your ducks in a row is a fine thing to do. But deciding what you are going to do with that duck is a far more important issue'

Seth Godin is famous for bestselling books such as Purple Cow and cool entrepreneurial ventures such as Squidoo and the Domino Project. But to millions of loyal readers, he's best known for the daily burst of insight he provides every morning, rain or shine, via Seth's Blog. Since he started blogging in the early 1990s, he has written more than two million words and shaped the way we think about marketing, leadership, careers, inno­vation, creativity, and more. Much of his writing is inspirational and some is incendiary.

Collected here are six years of his best, most entertaining, and most poignant blog posts, plus a few bonus ebooks. From thoughts on how to treat your customers to telling stories and spreading ideas, Godin pushes us to think smarter, dream bigger, write better, and speak more honestly. Highlights include:

-A marketing lesson from the Apocalypse

-No, everything is not going to be okay

-Organized bravery

-Choose your customers, choose your future

-Paying attention to the attention economy

-Bandits and philanthropists

Godin writes to get under our skin. He wants us to stand up and do something remarkable, outside the standards of the industrial system that raised us.

Seth Godin is the author of thirteen international bestsellers that have changed the way people think about marketing, the ways ideas spread, leadership and change including Permission Marketing, Purple Cow, All Marketers are Liars, The Dip and Tribes. He is the CEO of Squidoo.com and a very popular lecturer. His blog, www.sethgodin.typepad.com, is the most influential business blog in the world, and consistently one of the 100 most popular blogs on any subject.

Reviews

It really isn't about you. It's about your team, your customers, your community, and your legacy. Share this book with those you care about

—— Seth Godin, New York Times bestselling author of Linchpin

A manifesto for twenty-first-century leadership packaged in a fun and engaging story. Buy this book and get it in the hands of everyone in your company

—— Darren Hardy, publisher, Success magazine

This book captures the essence of life and leadership

—— John C Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Ping Fu's life story is the stuff of heroic novels. Not only has she triumphed over adversity most of us can scarcely imagine, but she has managed to draw out of her experience a wealth of practical business lessons.

—— Bo Burlingham, editor-at-large of Inc. magazine and author of Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big

This is an utterly unique memoir, a fascinating look at one woman's journey from a difficult childhood in Mao's China to the top of the American tech world.

—— Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, author of Delivering Happiness

In this outstanding testament to the resilience of the human spirit, Ping takes readers on a journey both heartbreaking and inspiring. Ping's eloquent prose and remarkable attitude shine through in every word-and her compelling story will remind more than one reader to be thankful for what they have.

—— Publishers Weekly

Here are useful lessons for any young African businessperson

—— Africa Report

A really refreshing guide by somebody who has made a fair amount of money following his own advice. An excellent book... Highly recommended

—— Irish Independent

Very few people have had more impact than Luke Johnson

—— Peter Harden, founder, Harden’s Restaurant Guides

An engaging and useful read

—— Financial News

Provocative and worth reading

—— Michael Spencer, founder and Chief Executive, ICAP

A fascinating glimpse behind Apple's famously closed doors, taking the reader inside the inner sanctum and sneaking a peek at the marketing meetings presided over by Jobs

—— PC Advisor
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