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Is being #1 and being a leader the same thing. I don’t think so…

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Derek Sivers gave this 3-minute talk at the TED Conference and got a standing ovation.
This is a POWERFUL lesson in leadership.

Derek Sivers: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

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I’m currently reading “Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together” by William Isaacs.
This is a very, very powerful book. Notably, in the introduction, Isaacs shares the following:

“The capacity for talking together constituted the foundation for democracy, far more fundamental than voting. As one ancient Greek philosopher noted, ‘When voting started, democracy ended.’”

After reading this, all of a sudden, I could see.

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In this post, Michel Fortin highlights a few distinctions you must keep in mind when positioning your offering.
Simply stated, you may offer something that everyone else does. But you could also offer something more, above and along with your product, than no one else does.
Let me explain. Your product is composed of three distinct levels:

There’s the core product (the product’s main benefit),
The actual product (the product itself and its features),
And the augmented product (the product’s value, such as the added value — additional [...]

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Seth Godin has started a round of Linchpin interviews. First up? Gary Vaynerchuk.
Check out what he’s got to say about linchpins.

Linchpin: GaryVee from Seth Godin on Vimeo.

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