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Sometimes, marketers, musicians or speakers dig themselves into a solipsistic rabbit hole. They’ve heard their stuff before. They think everyone else has too. So they bury…

Intuition | Seth’s Blog Intuition is simply a theory we haven’t yet put into words. Once we write down and share our intuition, it becomes more…

Some problems are easy to solve, others are difficult, requiring a lot more labor, willpower, resources and coordination. Some problems have simple solutions, while others are…

In 1983, an old article from the Harvard Business Review changed my life. In 1960, Ted Levitt, a professor at HBS, wrote the most popular article…

I’m listening more than reading these days, and I find that a good audiobook can make a real impact on the way I absorb and learn…

The Strategy Questions | Seth’s Blog My new book (out today) contains more than 500 questions. Here are some to get you started: Who is this…

“We’re thinking of having a holiday every year where kids of all ages go door to door unescorted and beg for candy, and adults dress up…

Foundering or floundering? | Seth’s Blog Floundering is flopping around and making little progress. A Dutch word for getting mired and lost. Foundering is what we…

Confused about good | Seth’s Blog How often do we assume that popular things are good, and that good things become popular? If your work doesn’t…

“Ease” isn’t the same as “easy.” In fact, they’re often at odds. Easy work is hardly worth our effort. It can deaden us instead of giving…