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Energy is either created or destroyed. Newton was right about physics, but in organizations and cultures, the opposite is true. You're either the person who creates energy. Or you're the one who destroys it. You might be the one who... [] [The first law of organizational thermodynamics](/525462231/0/sethsblog~The-first-law-of-organizational-thermodynamics.html) Energy is either created or destroyed. Newton was right about [physics](/t/0/0/sethsblog/~, but in organizations and cultures, the opposite is true. You're either the person who creates energy. Or you're the one who destroys it. You might be the one who initiates projects, who asks, "what if?" or eagerly says, "I'll do it." The person who finds and amplifies and supports the good work of others. The spark. Or, it's possible you're the passive one, the naysayer, the bystander, the one who manages to eat the donuts at the meeting but not actually add much in the way of energy, kinetic or potential. You can choose to be the generous one, putting in more than you take out, surprising everyone with a never-ending flow of generosity. Or, you can find any of one hundred perfectly acceptable explanations/excuses/reasons why you're merely an absorber of it. [Add to FaceBook]( [Like on Facebook]( [Share on Google+]( [Add to LinkedIn]( [Tweet This]( [Subscribe by email](   • [Email to a friend]( first law of organizational thermodynamics;5968794) • [More Recent Articles]( [] - [What is extraordinary contribution worth?](/525182793/0/sethsblog~What-is-extraordinary-contribution-worth.html) - [Worth a special trip](/524902717/0/sethsblog~Worth-a-special-trip.html) - [What do you see?](/524517798/0/sethsblog~What-do-you-see.html) - [Reversing Alinsky's rules](/524085266/0/sethsblog~Reversing-Alinskys-rules.html) - [The respect of 'why'](/523709730/0/sethsblog~The-respect-of-why.html) [You're getting this note because you subscribed to Seth Godin's blog.] Don't want to get this email anymore? Click the link below to unsubscribe. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Click here to safely unsubscribe]( from "Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect." [Click here to view mailing archives](, [here to change your preferences]( or [here to subscribe]( • [Privacy]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Email subscriptions powered by [FeedBlitz](), LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.