Book Byte #141 "The Dip" By Seth Godin

A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

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📣 Curious Quotes from the Author

“A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner.”

“Never quit something with great long-term potential just because you can’t deal with the stress of the moment.”

“The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.”

“Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.”

“Winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt”

“Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can't see it”

“The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes”

“The Dip creates scarcity; scarcity creates value”

“No one knows more about the way you think than you do.”

“The time to look for a new job is when you don't need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable.”

📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea:

In life, aim to be the best in whatever you do. To accomplish this, you must devote your time and energy to the one item in which you are proficient and passionate, while letting go of tasks that compete for your attention. Once you begin a project, you will ultimately encounter a Dip - a period of difficulty, work, and little reward. To get through this stage, you must have grit and patience. Once you've completed the Dip, you'll notice that your talents have improved and you're now in a better position than many of your competitors. Thus, the Dip is the way to success.

Keep going, even when it hurts.

We are more likely to give up when we are injured or disheartened. For example, in 1988, Democrat Joe Biden was a promising candidate for the United States presidency. But then a scandal broke up over a minor incident involving a statement from one of Biden's speeches that was incorrectly ascribed to the wrong person. Biden was so dismayed by the outrage that he quit his candidacy. However, if he had persevered and let the tiny issue pass, he could have won.

So, when you're feeling injured and defenseless, think carefully before retreating. It's generally prudent to lick your wounds before forging ahead.

🛠️Fixing the Tech Industry

They say to be a winner you need to see yourself winning first, because if you can’t believe you can win then no one ever will. It’s more than just a motivation speech, it’s a law on the level of physics. “If you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.”

Of all the laws in this universe were to converge, it would be summarized by this law. A Planet knows it can go around the sun because of physics. If a human like you has done something, then most likely you can achieve it too.

What separates from the ones that want it and the ones who do it, are the ones who started with believing they could actually do it and kept that ideas alive til they achieved it.

🤝Collaborate with others with this Social Media Prompt:

What do you feel is the perfect way to motivate you?

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