So I loved Seth Godin's energy and his look-you-right-in-the eye approach. I am still digesting my takeaways from his lecture/ conversation at the Good Ideas Salon (which by the way was an intimate affair). I am guessing there were 100 - 125 people present but the feeling was up close and personal. Great work Piers of PSFK. Bottom line is my $200 was well spent! I will be nibbling on pieces of Seth's work and sharing as I digest them. One observation is there were women present yesterday but interestingly the room was populated by a majority of men. I am not sure what this says about who is active in this shift from workers and owners to the now third category that includes workers who own their own means of production.
Today I am focusing on Seth's comment that most of us do not "ship" enough work out the door. Yes, I am number one guilty. At 5 a.m. when the first eblasts started on my blackberry, I realize others are working and I don't know what I can say on my blog today that is important. The old lizard brain kicks in shouting loud as ever: NO-THING Patricia. Not one thing. You have nothing to say that matters.
One of Seth's many points is about this irrational fear (of failure or whatever) that comes from the primitive lizard brain which is scared of everything from tigers and lions to people laughing at you.
I am just starting his most new book "Linchpin." Wish I was finished so that I could review it properly. But I have read the entire table of contents and I am anticipating the trip that is about to begin. That is also why I know that facing down the lizard yields results and the post is up.
How do you quiet the lizard brain?
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