The journey from old to new American dream has resulted in the birth of a linchpin.
In his book Linchpin, Seth Godin cites the journey from old to new American dream and how a Linchpin is quintessential for the realization of the new dream.
As we can see, the new American dream demands remarkability and a work of art necessitating the need of a Linchpin.
If you want to know the three qualities that make you indispensable, read the below post inspired from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin.
Anxiety versus Fear which is more harmful? Read this blogpost to know more.
As Seth Godin mentions in Linchpin, fear is our innate instinct and keeps us alive.
Whereas anxiety most of the times is undesirable.
The following insight throws more light on this.
Artists have the ability to conquer the lizard brain & hence if you want to be an artist, you need to learn how to conquer the lizard brain.
The lizard brain we humans inherited from apes, is the source of resistance for out of the box ideas.
Read this insight inspired from Seth Godin’s Linchpin to understand why linchpins conquer their lizard brain and become indispensable
A Linchpin is indispensable and in his book Linchpin, Seth Godin throws light on the law of linchpin leverage.
This law is as follows:
A true linchpin is an artist who is indispensable. Seth Godin’s book Linchpin explores more around this topic and illuminates us.
As mentioned by Seth Godin in his book Linchpin, such an individual has a wonderful balance of charm, talent and perseverance.
A Linchpin is not only a sought after person, but is self motivated as well.
This book from Seth Godin is indeed very illuminating and explains the nuances that are needed of a linchpin.
Read another very interesting insight from the same book:
https://viewpointsunplugged.com/the-birth-of-a-linchpin/
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This blogpost inspired from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin, focuses on how Henry Ford and his efficient factory model approach was able to kill creativity by making laborers easily replaceable.
A linchpin is one who proves his remarkability by challenging the status quo and is a misfit in a factory model. Read this fascinating insight to understand how Henry Ford murdered creativity by bringing in the efficient production line.
Seth Godin’s Linchpin is a fascinating book. Read another insightful post adopted from the same book.
https://viewpointsunplugged.com/who-is-a-true-linchpin/
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The goal of the factory era was to have maximum number of Perfectly Replaceable Laborers (PERL).
The importance of PERL in the factory era can be understood from the following insight.
This insight has been inspired from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin.
As humans we are more often that not happy to settle for average. The science behind giving up early and not aiming for the stars has been outlined in this blogpost.
This insight has been inspired from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin and becomes the differentiating aspect between ordinary and Linchpin.
