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Seth Godin's The Dip. | Irrational Exuberance

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Recently I read “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit” by Seth Godin. It’s something like sixty pages, short enough that you can read it in one sitting, but the ideas are interesting enough that I’ve brought them up quite a bit during conversation lately. So, I’ve written a quick summary.

Recently I read The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit by Seth Godin. It’s something like sixty pages, short enough that you can read it in one sitting, but the ideas are interesting enough that I’ve brought them up quite a bit during conversation lately. The premise is that there are three different kinds of scenarios, that it’s often obvious which of them you’re in, and that with a bit of courage you can use this awareness to focus your energy and time. The first is the dip, which is when something starts out rewarding then gets very frustrating, but later gets rewarding…

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