I killed Seth

Well I finally did it! I'll probably be lynched, or maybe driven out of town. Or if I am lucky I'll be tarred and feathered by the online community.

You see I have had enough of Seth Godin's negativity. He's right about all the things that are wrong about marketing and management and that we need to find a new way of doing things online. But to endlessly go on and on and on pointing out errors, and criticizing companies but not really offering a practical solution or championing those who are doing it properly is just not what I need.

There are others who are much more uplifting, who offer advice and help and examples of those who are 'doing it right.'. Who make you feel better once you have finished reading their blogs and their musings. And so I have decided to focus on those who are positive and life-affirming and I have deleted Seth and those like him from my bookmarks, readers and RSS's. People like Peter Meadows and Chris Brogan and Matt Price at Worshipedia.org, those are the people I am giving my precious time to.

For me it's an issue of leadership, and I want to follow people who are life-affirming, who are givers, who focus on the good. I am not interested in being influenced by the grumpy or the critics.

I guess the online lemmings who have built Seth up to be 'today's guru' are shaking their heads right now, and sharpening their axes. I'll just have to accept what's coming my way!

As Eric Clapton sang: "I shot the Seth man...'