Why are some people easily outsourced, downsized, or freelanced into obscurity, while others have their pick of opportunities? In his most powerful book yet, Seth Godin argues that it's more essential than ever to become indispensable - to become a linchpin. Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations: they invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They love their work and pour their best selves into it and turn each day into a kind of art - and, in today's world, they get the best jobs and the most freedom. Godin shows that the key to being indispensable is overcoming the fears that hold most of us back. If you have you ever found a shortcut that others missed, seen a new way to resolve a conflict, or made a connection with someone others couldn't reach, then you have what it takes to become indispensable. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map.
Map of my notes while watching Srikumar Raos talk.
He says we spend most of our lives learning to be unhappy, even as we strive for happiness. At Arbejdsglaede Live! 2009, he teaches us how to break free of the "I'd be happy if ..." mental model, and embrace our hard-wired happiness....
Review
'The way that Ricardo Semler runs his company is impossible; except that it works, and works splendidly for everyone. I relish this book. It revived my faith in human beings and my hope for business everywhere' Charles Handy
The Times
‘Semco takes workplace democracy to previously unimagined ...
Adapted from the blog post The top 5 new rules of productivity on positivesharing.com
http://positivesharing.com/2010/02/5-new-rules-of-productivity/...
From the readwriteweb article http://bit.ly/cDa3tF where Kevin Rose, Digg's founder, spoke this week at Webstock in Wellington, New Zealand and covered 10 tips for entrepreneurs...
In honour of the Spring Festival.
Originally posted on Flickr in 2008. http://bit.ly/bC1f81
Distilled from http://bit.ly/cNGVA6 via http://bit.ly/9SpEB9
Bruce Lee (Lee Jun Fan, 李振藩, 李小龍; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān, Lǐ Xiăolóng; 27 November 1...