Carol Wiebe

I had to put this in my own blogs: the message is TOO good to pass by. Seth Godin reminds us why we think we have to hold back, waiting to get picked by some authority, before we will be able to further our own interests: It’s a cultural instinct to wait to get picked. To seek out the permission and authority that comes from a publisher or talk show host or even a blogger saying, “I pick you.” Once you reject that impulse and realize that no one is going to select you–that Pr

I had to put this in my own blogs: the message is TOO good to pass by. Seth Godin reminds us why we think we have to hold back, waiting to get picked by some authority, before we will be able to further our own interests: It’s a cultural instinct to wait to get picked. To seek out the permission and authority that comes from a publisher or talk show host or even a blogger saying, “I pick you.” Once you reject that impulse and realize that no one is going to select you–that Pr