Meet Seth

The Ceo Magazine Caught Up With Seth Godin – Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Marketing Blogger and, Above All, a Teacher – to Talk Leadership and Making a Difference.

- Emma Wheaton

What led you down the entrepreneur path?

I won the lottery with two amazing parents. My dad was a lifelong entrepreneur and my mum, who was community and civic aligned, was also an entrepreneur. They challenged us to become who we needed to be as long as it was part of the community; as long as it was challenging and interesting.

I started my first company when I was 14 and the next one when I was 16. And I never wanted to make money doing it, I just liked solving interesting problems. Anytime I had a real job working for someone else I felt like I was in prison. I knew the only way I could survive was if I was my own boss.

How would you define a good leader?

A good leader begins by being a good person. But, everyone should be a good person, so let’s add the leader part on top. The leader seeks to go to new places and seeks involvement for people who want to go with them. That combination is key. To see that it is a voluntary action and to be able to describe the possibility of a better future. If you do that and you do it as a good human, for the community, then I think you are a good leader.