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	Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
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"The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions this organizations and people care deeply concerning." In bestsellers such as Purple Cow and Tribes, Seth Godin taught readers how to do remarkable products and spread great ideas. But this book is different. It's concerning you - your choices, your future, and your potential to do a huge difference in whatever field you select. There used to be two teams in each workplace: management and labor. Now there's a third team, the linchpins. These people invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, do things happen, and make order out of chaos. They figure out what to do when there's no rule book. They delight and challenge their clients and peers. They love their work, pour their excellent selves into it, and turn every day into a kind of art. Linchpins are the necessary building blocks of excellent organizations. Like the small piece of hardware this keeps a wheel from falling off its axle, they may not be famous but they're indispensable. And in today's world, they get the excellent jobs and the much liberty. Have you ever found a shortcut this others missed? Seen a new way to resolve a conflict? Made a connection together with someone others couldn't reach? Even one time? Then you have what it takes to become indispensable, by overcoming the resistance this holds people back. Linchpin will show you how to join the likes of... *Keith Johnson, who scours flea markets across the country to fill up Anthropologie stores together with distinctive pieces. *Marissa Mayer, who keeps Google focused on the things this really matter. *Jason Zimdars, a graphic designer who got his dream job at 37signals not including a résumé. *David, who works at Dean and Deluca coffeeshop in New York. He sees each client interworking as a chance to provide a gift and is cherished in return. As Godin writes, "Each day I meet people who have so much to provide but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying together with the system and illustrate your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is necessary, and the art you make is precious. Only you can do it, and you must."
Amazon Special: Hugh MacLeod Reviews Linchpin Hugh MacLeod is an artist, cartoonist, and Web 2.0 pundit whose blog, gapingvoid.com, has two million distinctive monthly visitors. His first book, Ignore Everybody, was an Amazon Top Ten Business Book of the Year and a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Read his special Amazon guest review of Linchpin: This is by far Seth’s much passionate book. He’s pulling fewer punches. He’s out for blood. He’s out to do a difference. And this glorious, heartfelt passion is obvious on each page, even if it is in Seth’s usual quiet, lucid, understated manner. A linchpin, as Seth describes it, is somebody in an organization who is indispensable, who cannot be replaced—her role is just far too distinctive and valuable. And then he goes on to say, well, seriously folks, you want to be one of these people, you really do. To not be one is economic and career suicide. No surprises there—this’s exactly what one would expect Seth to say. But here’s where it gets interesting. In his excellent-known book, Purple Cow, Seth’s message was, “Everyone’s a marketer now.” In All Marketers Are Liars, his message was, “Everyone’s a storyteller now.” In Tribes, his message was, “Everyone’s a leader now.” And from Linchpin? "Everyone’s an artist now." By Seth’s definition, an artist is not just some person who messes all-around together with paint and brushes, an artist is somebody who does (and I LOVE this term) “emotional work.” Work this you put your heart and soul into. Work this matters. Work this you gladly sacrifice all other alternatives for. As a working artist and cartoonist myself, I recognize exactly what he means. It’s not what you do, it’s the way this you do it. The only people who have a hope of becoming linchpins in any organization, who have any hope of varying anything for the better in real terms, are those who have the capacity to do “emotional work” at a high altitude—to be true artists at whatever they set their minds on doing. The guys who just plod all-around the office corridors, just turning up for their paycheck.... Well, those guys don’t have a prayer, poor things. The world is just too interesting and competitive now. And Seth then challenges us, the readers, to become linchpins ourselves. To do the jump. To become artists. To do emotional work, whatever the sacrifice may be. It’s our choice, and it’s our burden. Seth won’t be there to catch us if we fall, but to become the people we want to be eventually, well, we probably wouldn’t would like him to, anyway. Congratulations, Seth. You have penned a real gem of a book here. Rock on. --Hugh MacLeod
Customer Reviews
Yet Another Great Book by Seth Godin!   2010-03-18
By Scott (Winston-Salem, NC)
Yet another well-written, easy-to-read collection of Wisdom by Seth Godin! A great gift for yourself or loved one for any occasion, (like graduation, etc). Its Value far exceeds its cost! WELL worth it!
An Indispensable Book   2010-03-17
By Eric Tangen (Kansas, USA)
I tend not to write in books. I usually take notes. My copy of Linchpin is underlined, highlighted, dogeared, has post-it notes sticking out the top and sides and the piece of paper that I use as a bookmark is covered on both sides with my sometimes undecipherable (except to me) handwriting. I received this book as a gift from a friend. And that is one of the messages that I got from the book: give gifts. In work and in life: make art and give gifts. I've read some but by no means all of Seth Godin's previous books. This book is by far the most passionate one that of his I have read. But not only is it passionate, it is practical if you turn on your heart along with your brain. It took me a long time (relatively) to finish the book. I had to put it down time after time to ponder what the implications were for me in my daily life, both at home and at work. There are plenty of practical tips here. I don't look at this book as being good for employee motivation. I see it as more for personal motivation. Read it. Its good.
Enjoyable and demanding action book   2010-03-17
By Ivan Munteanu
Very good book. will work on every idea Godin's chalenges me :) Good Job Seth
Wonderful book that you can put to use today   2010-03-17
By James Strock (Scottsdale, Arizona)
This is a wonderful book for anyone navigating today's economic waters. Seth Godin expresses in readily accessible language why everyone's an entrepreneur today--and we should all think like artists. His concept of "The Resistance"--that inner voice, sometimes formless, omnipresent anxiety that distracts and holds ones back from one's best work--is memorable. It's also useful. His down-to-earth examples, many from his own life, resonate universally.
Good review of today's work environment   2010-03-17
By Graham Wilson (New York, NY)
Helps you realize that every person is responsible for their actions. It is up to each of us to control our own destiny.