{"id":364,"date":"2008-04-18T17:08:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T11:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2008-04-18T17:08:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T11:38:18","slug":"just-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/2008\/04\/just-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Do It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seth Godin, marketeer and change agent, often blogs about his observations on Marketing and Customer Service.\u00a0 But, that&#8217;s not <em>all<\/em> he blogs about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His recent post &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2008\/04\/waiting-until-t.html\" target=\"_blank\">Waiting until the last minute<\/a> &#8211; is a great example of how thought-provoking some of his posts can be.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s an excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Waiting until the last minute<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell: <em>don&#8217;t<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Bad situations to wait until the last minute:<\/p>\n<p>Catching a transcontinental flight<br \/>\nAsking your secret crush to the prom<br \/>\nSaving for retirement<br \/>\nGiving up smoking<br \/>\nAsking for a raise<br \/>\nTeaching ethical behavior to your kids<br \/>\nAsking for directions<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my addition to the list of\u00a0things you should not delay:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Following your dreams<br \/>\n&#8211; Spending time with your children<br \/>\n&#8211; Telling your loved ones that you love them<br \/>\n&#8211; Telling people who meant something to you, what they meant to you<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0Throwing out the junk you&#8217;re piling up in the attic\/loft<br \/>\n&#8211; Choosing an original instead of a pirated copy<br \/>\n&#8211; Insisting on a receipt;\u00a0Refusing to pay a bribe<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0Setting\u00a0your own standards\u00a0in whatever you do<\/p>\n<p>What does <em>your<\/em> list look like?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seth Godin, marketeer and change agent, often blogs about his observations on Marketing and Customer Service.\u00a0 But, that&#8217;s not all he blogs about.\u00a0 His recent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-life"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}