You may still get a lot of value out of this workbook if you are a stranger to Seth Godin, but his readers will be reminded of the many poignant threads that have woven his latest books and blog posts - and that background will take you deeper into your own assessment.
One caveat - you need to have read Seth's work (at least his blog on a regular basis, preferably his books) to "get" some of the assessment questions. Well worth $16 to rediscover the root of our commitment to our projects and conquer the fears that hold us back. Today, we begin our workday with renewed passion and vigor. My partner and I sat down with these workbooks last night and within an hour had confronted two major issues that were slowing us down. There is immense power in writing things down - and Seth guides you in creating the lists, confessions, and promises that will help you bring your idea into reality, that will help you overcome your own obstacles to launching your new service, product or change into the world. One of these slim volumes will give you as much insight as several hundred dollars of business coaching. If you have a project, idea, or new business up your sleeve, give yourself the gift of this workbook. If you are serious about shipping, whatever it is you want to ship, get this workbook. It was at this point that the call leader said, "Jule, what do you think is important for us to cover in our project kick-off meeting next week?" I reached down to my briefcase, pulled out SHIPIT, opened the workbook, and started to talk. The location was great until lunchtime when I was suddenly surrounded by lots of small children, one of whom was SCREAMING.
On the way back from Seth's Minneapolis Linchpin session I pulled off the road and into a McDonald's to take a conference call. This recommendation of SHIPIT is not based simply on a look-see through the workbook-I've already used it.
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The workbook is a series of questions that are an amalgam from Godin's other books-primarily Linchpin and Tribes, but also one he didn't write (but recommended in Free Prize Inside), the Software Project Survival Guide, by Steve McConnell. If you pick up a pen (not a pencil) and answer the questions in this workbook-honestly, of course-you will be well on your way to either (A) a successful project, or (B) the realization that the project is doomed and shouldn't be started (which is a very good thing to know in advance). Wish granted: SHIPIT, by Seth Godin, who at 12 books and 3700+ blog posts and, oh yeah, a couple of businesses, knows a thing or two about shipping. Seth Godin – Startup School – ep.Wouldn't it be nice if someone who is really great at project management and shipping (AKA: getting it out the door) would take you by the hand and set you up for success with your new project? So you need to be clear with the team that they get four gold stars if they make something perfect, but they all still get gold stars if they make something good enough.īecause we’re all in the business of making things that are good enough, even if you want to make good enough really close to perfect, but there’s a difference.Īnd you cannot be in the business of shipping on a regular basis if perfect is your only option, because you just don’t get perfect. Perfect is the enemy of good, and it is better to ship something that is good enough – because you told me what good enough was – than to ship nothing. Whatever is important to you about “perfect”, this is the page where you write down what it is like when it is perfect.īut then the next page says “What does good enough look like?”Īnd “good enough” probably shouldn’t be the same as “perfect.”Īnd the definition of good enough is “Good. I would like you to list, when your project is working perfectly, exactly what is it? Now we get to my favourite sneak question… What does perfect look like?
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