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Six Things I Learned From Seth Godin About Creating Art

Insights and advice from Seth Godin’s latest book, The Practice

Wang Yip
9 min readSep 22, 2020
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It was an ordinary day, I thought, but out of the blue, I get an email from my good friend. He’s a former management consultant who pivoted his career and brand to that of a professional speaker. Since COVID, any large public gatherings have been either stopped or delayed and so his work has been impacted. As time passed, he noticed that there was a demand for virtual keynotes through Zoom or other video conference software. He sought out to become the best virtual keynote speaker, renting out a theatre so that he can deliver his keynotes and hiring a video crew and assistants to help out with the speeches.

He has a theatre that he can use for his keynotes, except he is not using it every day. Therefore, he sought out different uses for it. On a whim, he decided to contact Seth Godin, the legendary marketer, and best-selling author, to interview Seth for his upcoming book The Practice. And Seth Godin said yes!

Since he knew how much my life and work have been influenced by Seth, he contacted me asking if I would be willing to attend in person. Hell yeah, I said. So, in preparation for the interview and with access to an early copy of The Practice, I thought it would be great to give you a…

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Wang Yip
Wang Yip

Written by Wang Yip

Author of Essential Habits. I write about personal development, work and managing your career. Connect with me at www.wangyip.ca

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