The Dip

For a few weeks I have been side tracked by Zelda the Twilight Princess - a game a friend of mine let me borrow. Now, it’s time to catch back up on my reading goal. To get back into action I picked up Seth Godin’s latest book The Dip.

It is a great little book that can be read very quickly. The message is short and sweet and would serve as a nice little appendix in Good to Great. Basically, he says if you are going to do something, make sure you are setting out to be the best in the World. Just remember there will be dips and you must work through those dips in order to be the greatest. However, there are times when it is ok to quit things and there are times when you should quit things. His book explains in more detail when those times are.

It offers a little bit of motivation and helps make you think a little harder. It’s worth the read.

The Singing Salesman

My friend Smitty emailed this story to me. It’s a performance on Britain’s Got Talent television show. This man is Paul Potts, a 36 year old salesman. Yep, it is one of the Simon Cowell shows he is on. That’s why I wasn’t sure what to expect when I pressed play on this video. I was prepared to laugh…but when I read “Potts, who has battled a burst appendix, a huge tumor on his adrenal gland and a shattered collarbone after being knocked off his bike, knocked 'em dead... I didn’t expect to hear this...