be remarkable

I was watching an old TED talk by Seth Godin yesterday where he was talking about getting people’s attention. His primary context is marketing but I think what he was talking about transfers into pretty much any context where you want people to engage or listen or pay attention.  His advice: Be remarkable. Of course Read More …

ministry is just a job

Seth Godin is shocked. I was talking to a religious leader, someone who runs a congregation. She made it clear to me that on many days, it’s just a job. A job like any other, you show up, you go through the motions, you get paid. I guess we find this disturbing because spiritual work Read More …

gaps

In his blog today Seth Godin talks about what happens in between frames in comics.  We use our imagination to fill in the action we don’t see on paper.  We don’t need to know everything.  We can work it out for ourselves. The same thing happens when we read a book.  We visualise.  We create Read More …