The Icarus Deception

How High Will You Fly?

By: Seth Godin

Narrated by: Seth Godin

Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

What are you afraid of?

The old rules: Play it safe. Stay in your comfort zone. Find an institution, a job, a set of rules to stick to. Keep your head down. Don't fly too close to the sun.

The new truth: It's better to be sorry than safe. You need to fly higher than ever.

In his bravest and most challenging book yet, Seth Godin shows how we can thrive in an economy that rewards art, not compliance. He explains why true innovators focus on trust, remarkability, leadership, and stories that spread. And he makes a passionate argument for why you should be treating your work as art.

Art is not a gene or a specific talent. It's an attitude, available to anyone who has a vision that others don't, and the guts to do something about it. Steve Jobs was an artist. So were Henry Ford and Martin Luther King, Jr. To work like an artist means investing in the things that scale: creativity, emotional labor, and grit. The path of the artist isn't for the faint of heart - but Godin shows why it's your only chance to stand up, stand out, and make a difference.

The time to seize new ground and work without a map is now. So what are you going to do?

©2012 Seth Godin (P)2012 Random House Audio

Excellent book

This book has brought to the surface all of the things that an artist is and all that we struggle with. It has helped me embrace those things that I thought should be "fixed" and has given me a boost of confidence that my ways are different but no less effective. I highly recommend it to the artist and to anyone who loves one.

Great insight on what's key to succeed in post Industrial Age.

Whether it's our system of education or how to succeed in business today Seth's insight that we at all artists ( or have the potential) is insightful, appropriate, and laid out in a way that is very persuasive.
I will buy the book and read it again.... And again.

Every artist should read this book!

Where does The Icarus Deception rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is among one of the best.

What did you like best about this story?

So motivating and a great confidence boost for all the struggles an artist deals with.

What does Seth Godin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I love hearing his own voice reading it. Makes it more meaningful - You can really connect.

Loved it!

What did you love best about The Icarus Deception?

Seth Godin is a genius and knows how to read the tea leaves on the wall. Then he puts it together masterfully. Made me think quite a bit and if some portions do not apply to my life now, they did in the past and know I will benefit from his words in the future.

Picks up where other Godin Books Leave Off

I think I've "read" all of Seth's books. My fav of the bunch was Tribes. It encourages all of us to engage with the like-minded in a compelling way, and our Tribe will form. It's a "Rah rah!" book that reminds us that we all have a unique story to tell, and that there is an audience for it.

But this is about The Icarus Deception. TID is about what Seth refers to as "Art." More specifically, your unique Art, and how your fears are hindering you from flying closer and closer to the sun.

Being a musician and Realtor, this book hit me from two sides. From my music side, it has completely encouraged me to be much more free with my ideas, and to stop making someone else's Art. From a business perspective, Seth has always inspired me to get outside the box and stay there for a while. TID keeps me on the path, or off of it I suppose.

Seth reads his own work. He's very good at it, as he should be with the 1000s of talks he has given over his career. The pace is nice. I listened to a majority of TID on a 10 hour late night drive across the Midwest. Seth kept me awake.

Definitely worth a monthly credit. If you like Seth's other works, you'll not be overly surprised but indeed satisfied. If this is your first Seth Godin book, you'll be both.

LOVED EVERY MINUTE. Seth is my hero.

I have so many plans for what Seth just shared. so much art to make and share.

Life changing

Amazing work that spurred me into action. Initiative is the privilege of picking myself - was one of the many gems in this book.

Thank you for this work

This was an amazing book and I needed this to be Awakening.
I didn't want to step into my purpose I wanted to stay in bed, sleep, do everything that will keep me from walking into my purpose.

this book woke me up and I thank you for that.

right book, right time for me

I think this will be one of those books that I look back on someday and say "that one. that book was where everything changed." this couldn't have found me at a better time in my life.

A rare voice!

The re-education I have been looking for and needing. Redefining success and art is a true game changer.