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

2.0

ugh. i wanted to like this and get something out of it, but it was not great. i was expected research-based, anecdotes, etc., and instead, it was seth godin's ramblings about art and giving it away and blah blah blah. it also struck me as having a very upper-middle class/affluent edge, even though he did try to make the case that even janitors can be linchpins. the sentiment is nice, but it's not reality. clunky at times, there were some interesting ideas, but i think this was also written for an older generation. a lot of the ideas struck me as what my generation has been trained to think about, but always good reminders. disappointing read, with some good tidbits.