The Icarus Deception
How High Will You Fly?
by Seth Godin
Should I read this?
Recommended by 1 source and appears in Personal Development, Business, and Nonfiction.
In Seth Godin’s most inspiring book yet, he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their work as a form of art.Everyone knows that Icarus’s father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun. But he ignored that warning and plunged to his doom. We’ve retold this myth, and many others like it, to generations of kids. All the...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Personal Development, Business, and Nonfiction.
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Derek Sivers
Author; founder of CD Baby
“VERY interesting. Seth is moving from talking about business to talking about being an artist in the broad sense of anyone who creates (and ships!) something daring and new. I loved the distiction between the industrialist and the artist, as it helped me give a term for something I'd experienced: not being able to relate at all to those who just want to grow business for business' sake, whereas I always saw my business like a creative art project. The book stays very highlevel, so don't look for ?TODO? type tips. | VERY interesting. Seth is moving from talking about business to talking about being an artist in the broad sense of anyone who creates (and ships!) something daring and new. I loved the distiction between the industrialist and the artist, as it helped me give a term for something I'd experienced: not being able to relate at all to those who just want to grow business for business' sake, whereas I always saw my business like a creative art project. The book stays very highlevel, so don't look for “TODO” type tips.”
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