The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
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The Quitting Expert: Quit NOW Before AI Makes The Choice For You, This Is a Superpower! | Seth Godin
1 hour 52 minutes Posted Aug 10, 2026 at 5:00 am.
Intro
What You Need to Hear If You Feel Stuck
Where Do Most People Actually Want to Go?
How to Get Unstuck: The Rope Analogy
What Happens When You’re Pulled in Two Directions?
How to Know If Your Dream Is Real
The Question You Need to Ask Yourself
Why Naming Your Resistance Changes Everything
Why Some People Handle Resistance Better Than Others
Why Embarrassment Is the Cost of Starting
How to Stop Shame From Holding You Back
Is Money and Luxury a Worthy Goal?
Are Some Inner Voices More Worthy Than Others?
How the Sunk Cost Fallacy Keeps You Stuck
How to Choose Yourself When the System Won’t
How to Know If You’re Being Delusional
Why We Hate Hearing the Answer We Need
What Else Keeps Us Stuck?
How to Know When It’s Time to Give Up
What Michael Jordan Understood About Quitting
Why We Should Celebrate Quitting More
What If You Have Everything but You’re Miserable?
Is Helplessness Part of the Story You Tell Yourself?
Warren Buffett on What Makes Work Meaningful
What Mark Twain Understood About Work
Steve Jobs on the Work Worth Doing
Is Perfectionism Really Procrastination?
Can You Be Consistent Without Losing Authenticity?
What AI Means for the Future
What Are We Missing About Getting Unstuck?
How to Create Urgency and Stop Putting Things Off
What Keeps You Going When You Could Stop?
The Final Advice for Anyone Who Feels Stuck
Would You Want to Live Forever?
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Bestselling author Seth Godin reveals why perfectionism is keeping you stuck, the hidden psychology behind success, when to quit, when to keep going, and why AI will reward the most HUMAN people!
Seth Godin is one of the world’s most influential business thinkers and the author of more than 20 bestselling books. He is host of the podcast Akimbo, author of a daily blog read by 1 million people, and coordinator of The Carbon Almanac project, a tool that helps people understand the climate crisis. His upcoming book, The Knot, will be published in September. 
He explains:
◼️ Why being "good enough" is often better than being the best
◼️ Why quitting is sometimes the smartest path to long-term success
◼️ The hidden reason you're stuck between the life you want and the life you have
◼️ Why trying to please everyone guarantees you'll be ignored
◼️ Why consistency beats authenticity almost every time
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