Characteristics of a Linchpin

Seth Godin in his book named “Linchpin” mentions the following 3 key characteristics that separates a “Linchpin” from the rest of the pack.

1. Masters the devil of the emotional limbic brain and lets their rational brain take charge of the fear , stress of the limbic brain when it comes to taking risks in order to create insanely different things to achieve fulfillment.
2. Challenges the status quo
3. In the modern age where factory model has become irrelevant , has the guts to take risks to avoid following the rest of the pack i.e. sheep-walking.