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October 11, 2005
New York state of mind
Completely random items from last night's dinner for "Big Moo" authors in New York:
* A school in Nepal has already been built with the proceeds from the book, which is officially released this Friday.
* Seth Godin and William Godin (Seth's father) are dead ringers for one another.
* Everyone has at least one addiction," Dave Balter claims. His is Phish. Toured with them for years, "officially and unofficially," like a Deadhead.
* How do you fulfill the expectations of others when you have little no input into their creation? That's what Tom Kelley, general manager of innovation firm IDEO, said he contended with growing up in Akron, Ohio. A high school guidance counselor drilled this message into the heads of him, his brother and probably every other young, impressionable student in what was once the tire-making capital of the world: Go to Akron University, then go into the tire manufacturing business. Don't rock the boat. Do what's expected of you. Tom didn't and the world is the better for it.
* Randall Rothenberg, Tim Manners and Tom Kelley all testified how one of Seth's ideas changed their approach to business, their lives. Copious amounts of head-nodding accompanied each testimonial. It was true for all of us.
* Everyone there was curious as to who wrote which Big Moo essay (each is uncredited). Seth said the publisher hated the idea. All of the writers loved it because it introduced a compelling element of discovery and unity.
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