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A review by frooblie
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
3.0
Linchpin is one of several books that argue the same point: it's not enough to show up. You have to be good enough at what you do, and whatever you do has to be valuable enough, that people will pay you.
I prefer "So Good, They Can't Ignore You" or "Shop Class as Soulcraft" to Linchpin, if only because Godin never seems to develop a thought beyond a single page. By the end of the book, the never-ending half-page-long thoughts coming one after another became tiresome.
As I read it, I thought that in many ways Linchpin is a knowledge worker's Shopclass. Certainly, Godin's ideas are applicable to the trades, but that's not really his world. Where Shopclass argues for the dignity of hands-on work that is useful, Linchpin focuses on creativity and service. Both recognize that few people are happy just marking time at work, but take slightly different views of how to move away from the soul-sucking nine-to-five.
I prefer "So Good, They Can't Ignore You" or "Shop Class as Soulcraft" to Linchpin, if only because Godin never seems to develop a thought beyond a single page. By the end of the book, the never-ending half-page-long thoughts coming one after another became tiresome.
As I read it, I thought that in many ways Linchpin is a knowledge worker's Shopclass. Certainly, Godin's ideas are applicable to the trades, but that's not really his world. Where Shopclass argues for the dignity of hands-on work that is useful, Linchpin focuses on creativity and service. Both recognize that few people are happy just marking time at work, but take slightly different views of how to move away from the soul-sucking nine-to-five.