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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Piatkus Books (4 Feb 2010)
  • ISBN-10: 0749953357
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749953355
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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* 'This is what the future of work (and the world) looks like. Actually, it's already happening around you.' - Tony Hsieh, CEO Zappos.com * This book is a gift.' - Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder, The Acumen Fund * If Seth Godin didn't exist we'd need to invent him - that's how indispensable he is! You hold in your hands a compeeling, accessible and purpose-filled book. Read it, and do yourself a big favour. Your future will thank you!' - Alan Webber, Founder, FAST COMPANY

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Why are some people easily outsourced, downsized, or freelanced into obscurity, while others have their pick of opportunities? In his most powerful book yet, Seth Godin argues that it's more essential than ever to become indispensable - to become a linchpin. Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations: they invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They love their work and pour their best selves into it and turn each day into a kind of art - and, in today's world, they get the best jobs and the most freedom. Godin shows that the key to being indispensable is overcoming the fears that hold most of us back. If you have you ever found a shortcut that others missed, seen a new way to resolve a conflict, or made a connection with someone others couldn't reach, then you have what it takes to become indispensable. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring reading, 8 Feb 2010
By S. Gale "Stephen Gale" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? How to Drive Your Career and Create a Remarkable Future (Paperback)
If you like Seth Godin's other books, you will like this one. The main riff throughout the book is about the new world of work - one based on intellect and ideas rather than an ability to move stuff from one place to another. While not necessarily a new idea (see Dan Pink's "A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future"), it is well presented and compelling. Seth develops his argument for how to succeed in this new world and how to make yourself indispensible. Actually, I think "indispensible" might be a little overstated, I think it would be more correct to say "achieving your full potential to a point where you if you are dispensed with, then someone else will always want you!". Either way, a great message.

It does read a little like a self help book in places. I am not entirely convinced that this was unintentional or necessarily a bad thing. It depends on what you were looking for.

On the downside, some readers might find his "in your face" style a bit evangelical in places, particularly some of us Brits. Undoubtedly, this style has been developed through his blog writing where space is limited to get the point over. However, when the same style is used throughout a book, it can be a bit over powering at times. That said, I read the book cover to cover. Every 2-3 pages I would find a nugget of an idea that would make me carrying on reading. Before long, the book was finished.

Like his other books, I enjoyed reading this one. It helped me understand a little more about the complex world I seem to live in and gave me some further insights into how to get more out of work and life. Recommended.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Lightweight, with some nuggets, 5 Mar 2010
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This book doesn't read well and feels as thought because it's a straight transcript of Seth Godin's blog. Whilst this is an easy way to generate book content, it doesn't add to the quality or flow.

Too many of the statements are repetitive truisms that you could find in dozens of other books on this site. Read his blog instead occasionally, and save yourself the cost of buying this book.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it, I read it then bought copies for the entire team it's that good, 3 Feb 2010
This review is from: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? How to Drive Your Career and Create a Remarkable Future (Paperback)
Seth in fine form; the departure being that this is more about you than about your business. There are a couple of messages early on that set off my American-self-help-guru alarm however the proposition is sound.

For me this book is not about how to make yourself essential enough not to be fired but more about how we spend a LOT of time at work and that changing your attitude and giving time, knowledge and emotion (art) has a positive effect. For everyone.

More great sound bites in this book that you can count; currently the one imprinted on my brain is `Doesn't matter if you're always right. It matters that you're always moving'. You will learn about `ART', the `Lizard Brain', `The powerful culture of Gifts' and much more; Seth is issuing you a wake-up call and a challenge to change.

As with most things Seth-shaped I loved it and am thinking differently after reading it (and have now bought copies for the entire team). Recommended.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Thank You and is "Everyone for themselves" really enough?
Read the reviews of this book earlier in the year when Seth Godin released 3,000+ copies to anyone who wanted to review it and it's one gigantic love-in. Not so much for me. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Seven Dials

4.0 out of 5 stars Teaches you about the way you think and act in business
What 'Purple Cow' was to products and services, 'Linchpin' is to career development. Seth Godin's basic thesis is that "Linchpins" are those who can see the reality of today,... Read more
Published 14 days ago by John Walter

5.0 out of 5 stars A book you must read
I bought and read Linchpin as the result of a recommendation of a business associate. I found the book to be extremely engaging and to offer some challenging thoughts and... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Rob Cameron

5.0 out of 5 stars Rich though rambling guide on how to become indispensable at work
Warning: If you absorb all business blogger Seth Godin's advice, you could end up overworked and underappreciated. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rolf Dobelli

4.0 out of 5 stars The way "motivational" books ought to be made
My latest LinkedIn status says something along the lines of: in these supposed times of economic uncertainty, the last thing we want is to feel insignificant. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. A. Maughan

4.0 out of 5 stars Read it rather than listen to the audio version
I love the convenience of audio books, but on this occasion I would say buy the print copy and read it instead. Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. S. Hardman

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good
It is kind of all the things you already know, but also all the things you always forget. V useful.
Published 2 months ago by Caroline Young

5.0 out of 5 stars Ship it or Forget it
Seth once again brings great insight.

A step away from traditional Marketing type lectures, this book both inspires and motivates change. Read more
Published 2 months ago by N. Allen

4.0 out of 5 stars very innovative
Very innovative book never before did i read his blogs which made learning all this new information great. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. S. R. Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling and inspirational read
I have to say for the most part this is an inspiring read and has affected my approach to work, and it's influence can be seen on my blog postings. Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. Pashley

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