I'm going to see Seth Godin on May 22nd.

I bought two tickets of Seth Godin's talk on May 22nd. I'm really excited! And I convinced S to come with me even though she didn't exactly know who Seth Godin is. (But I guaranteed her that it will be a good speech.)

Most people in the office have never heard of Seth Godin at all. But to me, Godin is one of my heroes outside the actuarial world. You may wonder who my heroes are in the actuarial world. Well, I'll write it on another post. (Hint: one of them is my actuarial professor at Drake. :))

So the ticket of the event costs $50 and it comes with 5 books. I'm going to keep one for myself, one for S. Then I have 3 left. Hm....I still need to figure out who I should share these 3 books with.

Here are two videos of Seth Godin's presentation:

Seth Godin at Gel
"All Marketers Are Liars" Video

Every small business owners should read this

Another great Seth Godin post. I hope every small business owners in my area will read this post so I can find out more about their store info online. (I'm still looking for a tea house in my area, anyway...) Just to sum it up, it costs only $60 a year to have an online presence of your own business.

And here are several steps that Godin suggested:
1. Start a blog. (Actually I think you can even start one on blogger for free.)
2. Build a squidoo lens for your business.
3. Post your store pictures on flickr.

Here are my extra ideas:

• Start a free PBwiki. And you can put everything about your stores/restaurant in one place.
• It's also a good idea to get your own domain name and do a web forwarding. This is for the convenience if you want to print your website on your business cards or letterheads.
  

Would you stay in a hamster wheel for cash and security

I just saw this post by Seth Godin. It's a very inspiring true story. I particularly like this part:

"In short, I became resentful toward the corporation for setting up a hamster wheel and resentful toward myself for staying in that very wheel, in exchange for cash, titles and security.

So I left."

In terms of the Rich Dad Poor Dad philosophy, the hamster wheel is actually the rat race.

I always admire people who have the guts to get out of the rat race and follow their passions. Perhaps, someday, when I'm ready, I will also do the same.

Someday.

"I will study and get ready and perhaps my chance will come." - Abraham Lincoln