Being Fearless at Summer Camp

Submitted by mikehostetler on Thu, 05/12/2005 - 10:30

Seth Godin just put up a hilarious post about what he learned at
Summer Camp. Seth is an author, entrepreneur and agent of change. You
can find his blog here.

My friend Tim dropped me a note, asking me if I had any tips as to
where he might go to improve his public speaking. I was flattered that
he asked, and then took a minute to think about where I learned how to
speak in public.

Answer?  Camp Arowhon.

Wait, there's more. I also learned marketing there.

My summer camp was a marketplace (a loud one). Everyone had to do
something, but what you did was up to you. So the canoeing instructor
(that was me) was always struggling with the sailing instructor (that
was Mike) and the others to get people to come to our dock. If no one
came, you were a failure and you didn't get asked back.

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