Seth Godin's Work Diary: Five Lines a Day That Compound Into a Career

Seth Godin's idea is simple enough to start today: five short entries a day — a generous act of leadership, a thank-you sent, a hard question asked, a skill learned, and a moment of real empathy with a customer. Do it for 200 working days and you have built a record of who you are becoming, not just what you closed. For agents and owners, it is the cheapest performance-review system there is, and it quietly forces the daily behaviors that grow a book of business. Originally published by Seth Godin at Seth's Blog. Read the full piece here: https://seths.blog/2026/05/your-work-diary/