“4: Stories let us lie to ourselves. And those lies satisfy our desires.”

— Seth Godin , book All Marketers Are Liars

All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World

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American entrepreneur, author and public speaker 1960

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