It’s been a while since I wrote about one of Seth Godin’s blog posts, even though I read it every day. It seems like many of his posts are a variation on a common set of themes. Since I have read so many of his posts over the years, I often recognize what the thrust of his post will be before I get to the end.
However, I found today’s post quite enlightening. And like many of his posts, it is short and sweet and gets right to the point; no blather in his writing…
Here’s the title of his post: A simple missing word
and here’s the post itself:
“Yet”.
You can append it after any sentence related to your journey of achievement and contribution.
“I haven’t finished the project”
“I haven’t learned how to juggle”
“I haven’t made the sale”
YET.
And along the way, “Yet” turns “can’t” into “haven’t.”
Yet isn’t the result of brazen persistence. It’s what we earn with learning, insight and generosity”.
It’s a great way to think about what you hope to accomplish in life.
Here are things I’d like to do, but have not done at this point. Adding the word yet makes it seem so much more possible:
- I haven’t jumped out of an airplane, yet.
- I haven’t met Bruce Springsteen, yet.
- I don’t have 10,000 followers in WordPress, yet.
- I haven’t had Anna Kendrick sent out a tweet telling her seven million followers to like all of my posts, yet.
- I haven’t run out of my house with all my clothes off, screaming about socialism, yet. (just a warning to the neighbors…)
- I haven’t gotten into a daily meditation habit, yet.
- I haven’t had Springsteen or Kendrick file a restraining order against me, yet…
So what about you; are there some things that you can add the word “yet” to your list of dreams and goals, to make sure you give such goals and dreams the proper perspective.
Oops, I gotta go, my cellphone is ringing. The display indicates the following:
AGENT FOR SPRINGSTEEN
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas over here…
Not
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LOL! I will have to think when I am more awake! But I do know I won’t be jumping out of an airplane!
Good luck with the phone call! 🙂
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I just saw a 105 year old guy tandem jump out of airplane; he had the biggest smile on his face!
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Well if I live to be 105 then I may think of jumping out of a plane! 😂
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it will be here before you know it… 🙂
Maybe Tippy can start a countdown calendar…
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Very funnny! Smart aleck!
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Agent for Springsteen… Telemarketing Company.
Yet is a nice word to add to a lot of sentences, eh?
Have a nice day!
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I hadn’t thought os such a possibility, yet… 🙂
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The neighbors haven’t put up their houses for sale yet.
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it’s such a versatile word 🙂
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what if you use it in a different way, such as: ‘i really didn’t want to eat the whole pizza, yet…..”. this way it is used when you try to state your intention and then why you didn’t follow through on that intention -maybe blaming something or someone or circumstances for why something happened?
p.s. i really hoped my response would make sense, yet….
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I guess like most things in life, there’s different ways to interpret things; I’ve been known to eat an entire gag of chips when I hadn’t meant to… 🙂
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I hadn’t meant to eat that bag of chips, yet……)
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yet I did… 🙂
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“Yet” is agreeably a very powerful word. It is a word which seemingly offers unmeasured time. It leaves the door open to any endeavor or accomplishment to be met. But as we are mortal creatures, our “yets” become shorter with each passing day. Especially for those of us who have less days ahead than we have behind us. That being said, let’s get you in a plane and shove you out, my friend. With a parachute, of course! And the only thing keeping you from running out of the house naked, screaming about socialism, is modesty, the front door, and a rationally-minded spouse..
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you are right; we do have to be aware of the limits of time…
and thank heaven for a rationally spouse! 🙂
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I don’t know if you’ve seen the film High Fidelity but your post made me think of this scene:
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Not sure if YouTube links work but they discuss the meaning of the word ‘yet’
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I did see that movie a long time ago, but I don’t remember that scene, but it fits in perfectly with this post. Thanks for sharing; I wish I had put the video in my post!
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I’m just glad you could see it so you knew what I was on about! The link didn’t appear for me 😀
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the link showed up when I wet to my web site, but not while looking at in the WP Reader. thanks again!
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You seem to have your priorities figured out.
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well, not yet…
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I haven’t thought of a sensible comment for this post, yet…
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It’s hard to respond to blather…
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But we do our best…
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the comments are usually much better than the blather that led to the comments…
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You’re selling yourself short there…
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I just have high quality commenters 🙂
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Your commenters match your content, then…
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well then, thank you!
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Yet can also have a positive meaning, in other contexts. Such as, I’ve haven’t been arrested, yet. I haven’t had Covid, yet. And, I haven’t died, yet.
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I like how your glass half-full approach to life… 🙂
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I haven’t influenced anyone in the way Seth Godin obviously has, yet. And I haven’t flown that plane, yet. I have no desire to jump.
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it may be that as part of getting ready to fly a plane, you may want to have practiced at least once what it is like to jump out of one… 🙂
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I haven’t written a NYTimes Bestseller….yet! 🙂
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I like your ambition!
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I haven’t been invited to Mar A Lago, yet.
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and that’s a good thing…
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Good for Mar A Lago too. It has enough problems as is.
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🤓
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I feel like the restraining order is very close to being achieved 😂
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I’m probably just a post or two away… 🙂
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I’m a huge fan of Seth Godin I’m currently learning about marketing and his books are a great go to source for information. I write book summaries at muthusblog.com mostly the marketing and self-help genre.
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I am a big fan of Seth as well. Looks like you’ve reviewed quite a few of his books1
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Haha yes I read somewhere online if you want to read one author’s perspective on Marketing read Seth’s. He has more no of bestsellers than the total books some people read during their lifetime.
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