How to Build a Better Future: 2 Simple Questions That Uplevel Your Life Immediately

Today, you and I are going to talk about a topic that I get a ton of questions about. Whether you're in a job right now and you want to make [music] more money and get promoted and get ahead, or you dream of having a business of your own, this is the episode you've been asking

for. Here today [music] is the one and only Seth Godin. Seth is considered the godfather of modern marketing and [music] is the best-selling author of more than 20 books. He is also the person that I have called my mentor from afar for the last [music] 15 years and he's going to give you the business

secrets that will help you finally move forward. >> Why don't we do work that's worth doing? Why don't we take a deep breath and say, "Life is really short. Why would you waste [music] a minute, or a day, or a year just doing your job if you have any other option?" I've had [music] a series

of businesses, almost all of which did not make a lot of money. Fine. The same way Picasso painted a lot of paintings, but only a few of them became famous. >> Oh, I love that. How do you know when to quit? >> You don't wear a tutu to work anymore, even though you took ballet lessons when

you were six. >> Yeah. >> And so, we all quit stuff as we grow up. What we want to figure out, is there a dip? The hard part before [music] it gets easier. This is what happens at the gym in February. Most people quit the gym in February because that's when it gets hard. If you get through that dip,

it's pretty clear that by June, you've got six-pack abs. I get it. I've been to places where people need to work today to eat tomorrow. But if you are not one of those people, are we making excuses about the system, or are we making the system better? >> Hey, it's Mel and I am so excited to