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014 – How “People Like Us” Learn to Learn with Seth Godin
The passion for learning starts at a young age. You are rewarded and cheered on for crawling, walking and learning new words. As we get older, we are critiqued, told what we could improve upon, and do better at. The positive feedback waivers along with our interests. How do we keep the youth of today motivated to learn?
Author and Entrepreneur, Seth Godin, shares educational experiences along with his ongoing project of helping individuals transform into their best possible selves. He has written 19 best sellers, was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame and continues to motivate and inspire people all over the world.
* – Why interacting is the secret to learning* – Extending emotional labor to learn hard tasks* – What you can learn in public school, and what you must learn elsewhere* – The importance of socialization* – Creating a dynamic that makes people WANT to learn* – How positive feedback drives learning* – The need for teaching leadership* – You’re Ready, Now Is The Time: Benefits of the Alt MBA program* – Learning from relationships
Websites:
https://www.sethgodin.com
https://www.akimboworkshops.com
https://altmba.com
https://themarketingseminar.com
Podcast:
https://www.akimbo.link
Blog:
https://seths.blog
Full Episode Transcription:
Derek: (01:52)So the way I recognize you, or I appreciate about you is you identify yourself as a teacher and that you work on projects. What’s the next project in your mind that you kind of see coming down the line? I mean, you have so many between the podcast fellowship, between Alt MBA, between everything, the you’ve written, everything that you’ve worked on. I mean, what’s the future for you? Seth: (02:14)I really don’t feel like I’m working on a lot of projects right now. I feel like I’m working on one project right now. When I was a book packager, we did a book a month. And in order to do a book a month, we had to have four books a month in the works. That’s a lot. Right? And cause the information please, Business Almanac doesn’t have a lot in common with Buzzword Bingo. Right. Now the mission is really coherent, which is the technology has changed such that, it doesn’t make sense to pursue education anymore. Education is compliance-based and accreditation based. It’s a piece of paper that proves you put up with a lot of nonsense and paid a lot of money that is clearly going away. And the alternative is what would happen if you learned something. But learning doesn’t come from being lectured at learning comes from interacting. So that’s my project and there are lots of flavors of that project, but that’s my project.Derek: (03:13)Well that’s fundamentally why we’re here then because that’s...
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By ScrimmageThe passion for learning starts at a young age. You are rewarded and cheered on for crawling, walking and learning new words. As we get older, we are critiqued, told what we could improve upon, and do better at. The positive feedback waivers along with our interests. How do we keep the youth of today motivated to learn?
Author and Entrepreneur, Seth Godin, shares educational experiences along with his ongoing project of helping individuals transform into their best possible selves. He has written 19 best sellers, was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame and continues to motivate and inspire people all over the world.
* – Why interacting is the secret to learning* – Extending emotional labor to learn hard tasks* – What you can learn in public school, and what you must learn elsewhere* – The importance of socialization* – Creating a dynamic that makes people WANT to learn* – How positive feedback drives learning* – The need for teaching leadership* – You’re Ready, Now Is The Time: Benefits of the Alt MBA program* – Learning from relationships
Websites:
https://www.sethgodin.com
https://www.akimboworkshops.com
https://altmba.com
https://themarketingseminar.com
Podcast:
https://www.akimbo.link
Blog:
https://seths.blog
Full Episode Transcription:
Derek: (01:52)So the way I recognize you, or I appreciate about you is you identify yourself as a teacher and that you work on projects. What’s the next project in your mind that you kind of see coming down the line? I mean, you have so many between the podcast fellowship, between Alt MBA, between everything, the you’ve written, everything that you’ve worked on. I mean, what’s the future for you? Seth: (02:14)I really don’t feel like I’m working on a lot of projects right now. I feel like I’m working on one project right now. When I was a book packager, we did a book a month. And in order to do a book a month, we had to have four books a month in the works. That’s a lot. Right? And cause the information please, Business Almanac doesn’t have a lot in common with Buzzword Bingo. Right. Now the mission is really coherent, which is the technology has changed such that, it doesn’t make sense to pursue education anymore. Education is compliance-based and accreditation based. It’s a piece of paper that proves you put up with a lot of nonsense and paid a lot of money that is clearly going away. And the alternative is what would happen if you learned something. But learning doesn’t come from being lectured at learning comes from interacting. So that’s my project and there are lots of flavors of that project, but that’s my project.Derek: (03:13)Well that’s fundamentally why we’re here then because that’s...