Now I'm motivated. yawns

I like this... we chose to go against standard advice and will be officially launching to the public on Tuesday. Our sneak preview has been up for a while but I really hope there will people around to spread the word!

If what Seth says is true, you might want to plan a second event of some kind for about three weeks from now.

You're probably right. But at the same time, we don't want to create 'artificial' events... Let's see how things go with the official launch. Fingers crossed. Either way, its been a great ride so far!

Good luck! I can only imagine the excitement and anxiousness that you're feeling now.

Why are the next two weeks the slowest of the year? Please explain so that I can pass the memo to my employer, as they are not aware of this fact.

I thought if you're seriously in competition, your hair should be always on fire?

I would hope not. Since hair grows at a speed of 1/2 inch/month and burns at a speed of 1/2 inch/minute, you'd either need to start out with a lot of hair, or risk spending most of your time applying a flame to fledgling hair sprouts around your body. Or dispensing Rogain furiously. Both which would waste time.

Now we know why Seth Godin is bald.

I like the end. "Finish it or cancel it".

No "Retry?"

There can be a Retry (that is after finishing; but not put it in the shelf), but "Finish or cancel" gives a sense of urgency to finish it.

Hair doesn't burn, right? It singes. So if your hair were on fire, it'd just smell bad and make...smoke?

Actually, anyone have scientific explanations for burning hair?

>Hair doesn't burn, right?

You just have to add a little of a flammable substance to it. I'd suggest ethanol or gasoline.

Why is this #1?

Seth might have only had 205 words worth of stuff to say, but then again he only used 205 words to say it. There might have been a more insightful paragraph written somewhere else on the Internet today, no doubt buried in the middle of some four page article. But pound for pound it's hard to come away from Seth's blog feeling like you haven't gotten your money's worth. That's what makes him the best in the world at what he does, and that's what makes it worth voting up.

I don't know from Seth, but I can see he's got a big fan club here.

The "Just do it" them has been oft-used on HN. In that sense, the theme of the article was a re-run. (although perhaps a needed re-run?)

I just didn't get so much from the article. Glad you liked it. I'll keep my eye out for future Seth goodness.

I am getting a little tired of the same dozen commentators on HN. I was hoping we'd be a little more widely read than that.

Pshaw. It's the slowest two weeks of the year.

It's the slowest two weeks of the year...does that mean boring posts like this get to rise to the top of HN?

I'm curious to see if he follows his own advice. Will check back in two weeks.