Tribes by Seth Godin (review) and FREE books giveaway - Chapter #36
by Miguel on 02/11/09 at 2:40 pm
Share the goodness!To Win a Free Copy of Seth Godin’s Latest Book:
1 Watch the video above
2 Leave a comment explaining the Tribe you’d really love to gather
and what is really stopping you from leading it (if anything!)
3 I will pick the best TWO comments and declare the winners in 7 days.
Keep reading!
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The Dip made Miguel hungry for more, so he read Seth Godin’s latest book.
Tribes is an inspirational call for you to step up - and lead us to the better future you believe in.
The world has changed - you no longer need power or special connections to create your micromovement:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Who is leading a Tribe? Examples
01:58 The thesis of the book
02:32 Three themes in the book
03:12 Belief
04:30 What do leaders look like?
05:56 Management vs Leadership
07:27 Being a leader is a choice
08:45 True fans (this article is mentioned)
09:50 Forget about taking credit
10:19 Closing words
Quotes:
“Life’s too short to fight the forces of change. Life’s too short to hate what you do all day. Life’s too short to make mediocre stuff. And almost everything that’s standard is now viewed as mediocre.”
“How was your day? If your answer is “fine,” then I don’t think you were leading.”
“(Leadership) requires bravery. Managing doesn’t, and following the rules to make a living doesn’t. It might be hard work, but it feels safe.”
Score: 8/10
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Nov 3rd, 2009
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Ryan Graves
Nov 3rd, 2009
Miguel-
The tribe that I’d love to lead the most are budding entrepreneurs. What’s stopping me from leading now is that I’m in the crowd. I’m a member of the tribe as an unproven entrepreneur and I think what will need to happen for me to truly lead that tribe is to have an entrepreneurial success.
I don’t think that it needs to be on some grand scale, but I need more practical experience building a company with revenues, employees, and a product that an everyday user can see and respect.
All in due time.
Great idea on the give-away!
Cheers,
Ryan
Miguel Mayher
Nov 3rd, 2009
Ryan,
Thanks for sharing that openly.
There is no doubt in my mind that with your determination you will get that experience under your belt sooner or later.
As you say (and it’s something I’m still slowly coming to terms with myself): All in due time.
Cheers!
Miguel
Nov 8th, 2009
This week’s book give-away goes obviously to Ryan!
Shoot me an email with your address and I will have a copy shipped to you.
Congrats!
Susanne Dansey
Nov 22nd, 2009
Hi Miguel,
The tribe I would like to lead is one where I encourage those who want to break out of the mindset that technology makes decisions and not business needs. So many businesses that I bump into lead with technology before they’ve even considered the needs of their clients so with some inspiration I hope to be able to bridge the mindset gap and create better partnerships for them.
Thanks for making the effort - it is very much appreciated.
Susanne
Miguel
Nov 23rd, 2009
Hi Susanne,
There is a mantra in my company to that effect: “Lean before you digitize”. First you must improve the business processes to provide more value to the customer, only after that do would you want to digitize (ie. implement through techonology) the business processes.
It’s easy to get dazzled by technology and do it the other way around.
Props to you for setting up, and thank you for passing by and leaving your thoughts!