A review by andreatoole
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin

4.0

Great book. A bit repetitive but I was okay with that because it was a library ebook loan and ebooks can't be renewed and so being able to skim and skip bits helped me return it on time. Even though I didn't read every single word, it would be a welcome addition to my bookshelf in physical format that I could loan out to others.

You know how I know that Linchpin resonated? Because while I was reading it I'd often find myself referencing the book during conversations. At a conference: "Oh, Seth Godin talks about that in Linchpin!" and "Seth Godin would say that you need to be a 'linchpin'." I used the word "linchpin" a lot. The book I read prior to Linchpin was Steven Pressfield's Do The Work and Godin refers to Pressfield's The War of Art which, like Do The Work discusses "resistance". And so, I've been using those terms recently. During a job interview earlier this week I talked about "resistance" and "shipping" and then laughed about how I was speaking within Godin in my head. I think the interviewer will read Linchpin because of me.

This is how you know that you understand something and that it resonates with you. This was well worth a read for me.