I finished Seth Godin’s Linchpin a couple of weeks ago. I loved it. It is a very compelling read. It certainly makes you think. It is provoking. It is meant as a challenge.
Artists think along the edges of the box, because that’s where things get done.
Godin disputes thinking “outside the box” – and I like it. Outside the box is just emptiness. “Nothing to work against,” he says. I like that. I really agree with the concept of challenging the edges of the box.
You can live there. You can push the edges and still be considered an artist.
By the way…Godin says we all need to be artists now. He takes Tom Peter’s “brand you” concept and extrapolates it out. Peters was almost precognitive in his brand you challenges. Well…the time is now REALLY upon us. Godin takes it the next step – brand you means you need to be an artist.
Read the book.
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1 careersherpa // Apr 5, 2010 at 9:23 am
Mike: I just finished reading “Linchpin” and loved it and wish EVERYONE would read it! It is filled with mini chapter’s of thought-provoking nuggets! It truly explains the “whys” and encourages action toward being a linchpin, not a lizardbrained cog!
Let’s keep pushing the message!
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