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blondierocket's review against another edition
4.0
Godin’s latest book is an amazing adventure of coming to realize that everyone has the potential to become the “linchpin” of their company and their life.
It may sound like there is some crazy secret or that only a few people can be linchpins, but in reality if you put your mind to it and love something enough, you have the potential to become whatever you want.
This is the first book I’ve read by Seth Godin, but it has definitely made me interested in reading even more. The Linchpin idea is that is you are good enough at something – a specialty – then you would therefore become indispensable to your organization or the people around you. It’s a hard concept to wrap your mind around without reading the entire book.
Godin did an amazing job and I absolutely loved the book.
It may sound like there is some crazy secret or that only a few people can be linchpins, but in reality if you put your mind to it and love something enough, you have the potential to become whatever you want.
This is the first book I’ve read by Seth Godin, but it has definitely made me interested in reading even more. The Linchpin idea is that is you are good enough at something – a specialty – then you would therefore become indispensable to your organization or the people around you. It’s a hard concept to wrap your mind around without reading the entire book.
Godin did an amazing job and I absolutely loved the book.
celtic_oracle's review against another edition
4.0
I had so many quotes I wanted to write down when I was reading this book, that I finally decided it had to go on my to-buy list. The only downside was Godin's occasional lapse into privilege – his story of the delayed planeload of people who failed to take him up on his offer of a ride to another airport (where any who took him up on said offer would have to then pay for a second ticket) really set my teeth on edge.
Still, with some lovely thoughts on embracing and sharing your gifts, it's definitely worth a read.
Still, with some lovely thoughts on embracing and sharing your gifts, it's definitely worth a read.
alex_dye's review against another edition
2.0
The author mentions a single attribute of what they believe a Linchpin is (should be) and then spends 20 pages reiterating what could be summarized in a single paragraph.
There are some valuable arguments in the book that made me think twice about my current role at work; however these insights are so sparse and so buried under an avalanche of mundane metaphors and wasted pages that I could never see myself recommending this book to anyone.
There are some valuable arguments in the book that made me think twice about my current role at work; however these insights are so sparse and so buried under an avalanche of mundane metaphors and wasted pages that I could never see myself recommending this book to anyone.
pollycharlie's review against another edition
2.0
Go above and beyond without being told. Be creative. The current system isn't working. There. You got the book. The rest is just fluff. There is no concrete advice on how to go from "being a cog" to "being a linchpin". In reality, there isn't an universal advice on that. One can decide to go from being a cog to a linchpin, and one will find a way. If one is content with being a cog, one will stay a cog.
minimalmike's review against another edition
3.0
Writing: 3.56
Story: 3.06
Overall: 3.31
Didn't enjoy this book. I don't mind long books at all, in fact, I'm a fan of them, but this book was needlessly long. Being a "Linchpin" can be broken down in far fewer words than this. Also, the author made, or rather tried to make quite a few points that I did not agree with at all. It seemed like sometimes he was saying things to try and be the insightful contrarian, but just ended up sounding silly.
I also was not a fan of the format of the book. It felt more like reading bullet points or a PowerPoint presentation as opposed to a book.
Story: 3.06
Overall: 3.31
Didn't enjoy this book. I don't mind long books at all, in fact, I'm a fan of them, but this book was needlessly long. Being a "Linchpin" can be broken down in far fewer words than this. Also, the author made, or rather tried to make quite a few points that I did not agree with at all. It seemed like sometimes he was saying things to try and be the insightful contrarian, but just ended up sounding silly.
I also was not a fan of the format of the book. It felt more like reading bullet points or a PowerPoint presentation as opposed to a book.
rooafza's review against another edition
3.0
Marketing guru and Serial shipper Seth Godin on being indispensable, creative and fighting the status quo. My only nitpick was his praise of the Huffington post over the NY times on the former being more innovative(lolwut). Also mostly anecdotal.
meganbish13's review against another edition
Did not enjoy this writing style, it was super choppy and didn’t have a flow. Also 60 pages in and I felt like the author just kept saying the same information but in a slightly different way.