Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

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We talk about books all the time on Seeking Wisdom and thought we’d start reviewing some of our favorites right here on the podcast.

Today, we’re talking about The New One Minute Manager, a great (and short) book on management from Kenneth Blanchard.

Haven’t read the book yet? No worries. We've got you covered!

Since we liked the book so much, we want to buy you a copy, too.

All you have to do is take a screenshot on your phone of your podcast app listening to this episode of Seeking Wisdom and then tweet at us using @Drift.

If you’re one of the first five people to do it, we’ll mail you a fresh copy of The One Minute Manager.

And if you’ve read the book, tune in and then tweet at us - we want to hear your take on the book.

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- A few weeks ago, we were browsing articles on Inbound.org and came across an article from a guy named Nat Eliason titled: "I’m killing most of my email capture. Here’s why.” Sound familiar? That's the exact same thing that we did at Drift a few months ago. And with over 200,000 people coming to Nat’s site every month, this decision was no small feat. But Nat noticed something: the people who had subscribed from pop-ups and forms weren’t high quality anyway. Believe it or not, most of Nat’s following and traffic have come because he’s…created something that people want. So Dave gave Nat a call to talk about his article, killing his lead forms, the future of marketing, and this movement to treat people like people. #freeyourmarketing Here’s a link to Nat’s original article: http://www.nateliason.com/email-capture/ Follow Nat On Twitter: https://twitter.com/nateliason Catch all of the previous episodes of Seeking Wisdom: seekingwisdom.io/

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A few weeks ago, we were browsing articles on Inbound.org and came across an article from a guy named Nat Eliason titled: "I’m killing most of my email capture. Here’s why.”

Sound familiar? That's the exact same thing that we did at Drift a few months ago.

And with over 200,000 people coming to Nat’s site every month, this decision was no small feat.

But Nat noticed something: the people who had subscribed from pop-ups and forms weren’t high quality anyway. Believe it or not, most of Nat’s following and traffic have come because he’s…created something that people want.

So Dave gave Nat a call to talk about his article, killing his lead forms, the future of marketing, and this movement to treat people like people.

#freeyourmarketing

Here’s a link to Nat’s original article: http://www.nateliason.com/email-capture/

Follow Nat On Twitter: https://twitter.com/nateliason

Catch all of the previous episodes of Seeking Wisdom: seekingwisdom.io/

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Today we’re talking career advice. But this career advice is going to be unpopular among the millennial crowd. Everyone wants a mentor, or someone to “pick their brain over coffee." Everyone wants to become an executive overnight. But first, you need to carry the water. You need to put in your time. Here’s what no one ever tells you early in your career: you actually have two jobs. The first job? Crushing your job. Your day-to-day to work. The things you were hired for. Your second job? Managing up and making the life of your manager or boss easier. That’s what we’re talking about today on Seeking Wisdom. Catch all of the previous episodes of Seeking Wisdom: seekingwisdom.io/ Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.

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Today we’re talking career advice.

But this career advice is going to be unpopular among the millennial crowd.

Everyone wants a mentor, or someone to “pick their brain over coffee."

Everyone wants to become an executive overnight.

But first, you need to carry the water. You need to put in your time.

Here’s what no one ever tells you early in your career: you actually have two jobs. The first job? Crushing your job. Your day-to-day to work. The things you were hired for. Your second job? Managing up and making the life of your manager or boss easier.

That’s what we’re talking about today on Seeking Wisdom.

Catch all of the previous episodes of Seeking Wisdom: seekingwisdom.io/

Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Chances are, you’re not going to be the next Instagram or What’s App. If you really want success, you need to be ready for this: success is going to take years of grinding and putting in the work day in and day out. The overnight success stories? Those are great Business Insider headlines. The four hour work week? That’s a great way to sell you a book. And that’s why today on Seeking Wisdom, we have a few words to say about the grind. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Catch all of the previous episodes of Seeking Wisdom: http://seekingwisdom.io/ The book we mention on this episode is Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike. *We're both in separate places this week so had to record over Skype if your audio isn't as pristine as it usually is :)

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Chances are, you’re not going to be the next Instagram or What’s App.

If you really want success, you need to be ready for this: success is going to take years of grinding and putting in the work day in and day out.

The overnight success stories? Those are great Business Insider headlines.

The four hour work week? That’s a great way to sell you a book.

And that’s why today on Seeking Wisdom, we have a few words to say about the grind.

Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.

Catch all of the previous episodes of Seeking Wisdom: http://seekingwisdom.io/

The book we mention on this episode is Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike.

*We're both in separate places this week so had to record over Skype if your audio isn't as pristine as it usually is :)

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- You ever feel like the early days of a startup are like wandering through a desert? You're alone. You don't have anything to reference. That's what we're talking about today on Seeking Wisdom: why startups are like wandering through the desert, what to look for, how to know when you're making progress, and who to bring with you. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Subscribe on iTunes: bit.ly/SW-Podcast Catch up on every episode at www.seekingwisdom.io/

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You ever feel like the early days of a startup are like wandering through a desert?

You're alone. You don't have anything to reference.

That's what we're talking about today on Seeking Wisdom: why startups are like wandering through the desert, what to look for, how to know when you're making progress, and who to bring with you.

Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.

Subscribe on iTunes: bit.ly/SW-Podcast

Catch up on every episode at www.seekingwisdom.io/

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- It's easy to be customer-driven when your team is small. But after a while (as teams start to get big) two things tend to happen: 1. Your team stops talking to customers every day. 2. Your team deals with more internal BS every day (meetings, politics, spreadsheets, moving slow, red tape, whatever.) On this episode of Seeking Wisdom, we talk about how to keep shipping, keep moving fast -- and most importantly -- keep your team focused on customers even as you scale. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. Subscribe on iTunes: bit.ly/SW-Podcast Catch up on every episode at http://www.seekingwisdom.io/