Key insights from
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
By Seth Godin
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9 minute read
Published Apr 26, 2011
What you'll learn
A linchpin is a pin passed through the axle to keep a wheel in position. Without that piece in place, the machine cannot function. It is indispensable, a sine qua non. In his book Linchpin, bestselling author and business guru Seth Godin offers suggestions on how to become an irreplaceable linchpin in an economic system that often turns us into poorly paid, dispensable cogs.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 There is genius in each of us, but it is unrealistic to expect our genius in every moment of every day.
- 2 The path of (supposed) safety and stability is also the path of pain and mediocrity.
- 3 People start becoming linchpins when they trust themselves enough to let go of the map and their perfectionism.
- 4 Emotional labor will cost you something, but it will make your work more meaningful for you and indispensable to your employer.
- 5 Artists are not just people who draw well, and there is plenty of art that is not on canvas.
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