Snapshot · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Godin argues that almost all stuckness comes from wanting two incompatible things simultaneously, expressed through the hidden word 'but' — e.g., 'I want a creative life, but I never want to be rejected.'
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Resistance is Godin's borrowed word from Steven Pressfield, and he deploys it to describe the full spectrum of internal friction: writer's block, changing outfits six times before a date, the podcast idea that's been 'in progress' for four years. You can't make resistance disappear. You can name it, invite it in for tea, and act anyway. The story of Lisa, who moved to Los Angeles knowing three people and committed to a Friday potluck where every guest brings a new person, is Godin's proof of concept: 50 weeks later, 400 close friends. [1] — Seth Godin "Resistance can't be eliminated, only named. Godin tells the story of a friend who moved to Los Angeles knowing three people and built a 400…" 23:47 The resistance list — what if they say no, what if they don't like me — is both real and irrelevant once named. Name the baggage, drop the baggage, do it.
Godin's daily blog now reaches 1 million readers, but — like every successful platform — it started with just 5 readers, underscoring that all traction begins at the smallest viable audience.
At a childhood sleepover, Bobby Lee's friends drew penises on his face and he walked 7 miles home on a dirt road before being picked up by Eric Purvis's mom.
In 1950, about 60% of the world lived in extreme poverty; today it's about 1 in 10, attributable to capitalist economic growth.
From 2021 to 2024, 6 million children fell below the poverty line in the US after the expanded child tax credit expired.
Private domestic infant and international adoptions typically cost $40,000 to $70,000, while foster care adoption is the most affordable route at $0 to $2,000.
Historically, only 40% of men have ever reproduced — Galloway uses this to argue that romantic success requires effort, not a hall pass.
Robby Hoffman is the 7th of 10 children raised in a Hasidic household in Montreal, where the family was poor and comedy was a survival mechanism.
Robby's Hasidic community had no concept of 'too soon' in comedy — if it was funny, you threw it, and if you bombed, your sibling told you immediately.
Robby didn't realize she was gay until age 17, when a persistent Italian classmate followed her into a bathroom stall at an end-of-semester bar event.
After Robby came out, her still-Hasidic father sent exactly one email saying the behavior was 'not befitting of a daughter of Israel' and calling it promiscuous, despite Robby having only one girlfriend.
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