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Linchpin
- Are You Indispensable?
- Narrated by: Seth Godin
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They figure out what to do when there’s no rule book. They delight and challenge their customers and peers. They love their work, pour their best selves into it, and turn each day into a kind of art.
Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations. Like the small piece of hardware that 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 best jobs and the most freedom. Have you ever found a shortcut that others missed? Seen a new way to resolve a conflict? Made a connection with someone others couldn’t reach? Even once? Then you have what it takes to become indispensable, by overcoming the resistance that holds people back.
As Godin writes, “Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back. It’s time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must.”
Critic reviews
"It's easy to see why people pay to hear what he has to say." (Time)
"Thousands of authors write business books every year, but only a handful reach star status and the A-list lecture circuit. Fewer still - one, to be exact - can boast his own action figure. . . . Godin delivers his combination of counterintuitive thinking and a great sense of fun." (BusinessWeek)
"If Seth Godin didn't exist we'd need to invent him - that's how indispensable he is! You hold in your hands a compelling, accessible, and purpose-filled book. Read it, and do yourself a big favor. Your future will thank you!" (Alan Webber, Founder, Fast Company)
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- Julian Summerhayes
- 07-05-12
Linchpin
My all time favourite Seth Godin book. The book that inspired me to leave the practice of law.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-07-19
I keep listening again and again
I keep listening to this book. A perfect book for those less ordinary! Get out of your own way and stop listening to the lizard brain. This book asks If not now then when? SHIP IT!
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- Hrvoje Odak
- 11-09-20
Just beautiful
This was one of those books. Commute - listen, walk - listen, go to sleep - listeb, wake up - listen, go to the toilet... You get the idea. Seth always delivers, but this one hit that sweet spot for me. You don't need to be a marketer to love and need this book. You just need to be hunan.
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- Jose
- 21-11-17
How to be an artist.
This book it will remind you the artist you are and it will make you feel it that is necessary to pursue this art because average people any organisation can replace but an Artist is not that easy.
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- B B S
- 23-06-16
Seth is an inspiration
Read it.
I highly recommend this book and have already recommended it to a friend.
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- Maciej Badowski
- 16-08-18
Single point where all your life thoughts are parsed
Seth was able to gather plenty of thoughts that we seem to have every now and then, things we probably already know, see and feel but forget to consume, parse and spit out in the form of the valuable outcome - both for the world and for ourselves. I was disturbed for years by soulless, corporate and stiffy strategies, so-called customer care, cog-focused recruitment practices and so on. I fought this fight as linchpin, not knowing how to call myself, how to describe my value and „superpower”. Though I was lucky to work with people who recognised a lot of it, I realised it is me that creates it, gives it to them, and the good things come back without me taking any effort to „take”. Thank you, Seth. I will definitely listen this one again at least once and most likely buy hard copy to be able to highlight sections that I value the most and want to remind myself from time to time. This book is for everyone who at least feels a spark of being different, wanting to do something extraordinary, wanting to give and live with sense of fulfilment of doing something they really like. Not for cogs (no offence) - if you’re happy to sit „safe”, repeat, avoid risks... not for you. You are needed in the form you are, too. Commodity is part of the better world too, but just on a smaller scale.
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- stefan
- 03-02-16
soooo good!
incredibly eye opening and amazing to read. will definitely read again. really changes the way you see the world.
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- Rich Munn
- 24-06-17
Wonderful
Many business books focus on scaling - it's refreshing to hear one that focuses on art.
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- Hugh Stevenson
- 16-07-19
Classic Godin
I’m not going to lie, if you’ve read The Icarus Deception or Poke the Box, this book is not going to surprise you. Nonetheless it’s always good to listen to Seth methodically explain the nuances of what it means to be an artist and what it means to do great work. If you haven’t read Godin before - or have focused more on the marketing side of things - this is definitely worth the price of admission.
Having both read and listened to Seth Godin books, as well as listened to him on podcasts, there is definitely a significant value added in hearing his voice. Whereas many audiobook’s have a monotone orator reading the words of someone else, the words in this book resonate with the reader as a result of Seth’s thoughtful intonations and delivery.
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- Paul Field
- 29-04-18
Direct and Challenging
If like me, you are an employer, you may find this book a difficult listen to start with, but it’s worth persevering as the tough talking is explained. If you are working for someone else then this makes sense from the beginning and I’d encourage you to follow the advice as if you work like this [Linchpin] you’ll be highly prized in any team or end up running your own business. It’s well written and performed and was great to listen to.
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