{"id":798,"date":"2009-03-31T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T14:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=798"},"modified":"2009-04-25T17:54:04","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T21:54:04","slug":"book-review-tribes-by-seth-godin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Tribes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This past weekend I had the opportunity to read Tribes<\/a> by Seth Godin.\u00a0 Everyone I know has been talking about it and I wanted to check it out.\u00a0 I picked it up after dinner Saturday evening and finished it before bed.\u00a0 I\u2019m a pretty fast reader, but it was a super easy read full of great stuff for leaders.\u00a0 I have always enjoyed Godin\u2019s book.\u00a0 Mostly because he states the obvious, but he does it in such a way that activates the reader to take hold of that and run with it towards the goal they are chasing.<\/p>\n

At the end of the book Godin asks the reader if they got anything out of the book or took any notes to please pass those along.\u00a0 He encourages those who are convinced to lead tribes, to spread the word.\u00a0 So\u2026that is what I am doing.\u00a0 All of the statements written below are Seth Godin\u2019s.\u00a0 These are the things I underlined.\u00a0 Good stuff\u2026I pray it will be a resource to you regardless of the kind of leader you are.\u00a0 There was a ton in here that challenged me in the ministries that I lead.<\/p>\n

Even with these notes, I encourage you to pick up your own copy<\/a> and check it out.\u00a0 This is a great book to share with someone else you know that wants to grow as a leader.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The real power of tribes has nothing to do with the Internet and everything to do with people.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need a keyboard to lead\u2026you only need the desire to make something happen.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Generous and authentic leadership will always defeat the selfish efforts of someone doing it just because he can.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We live in a world where we have the leverage to make things happen, the desire to do work we believe in, and a marketplace that is begging us to be remarkable.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skill and attitude are essential.\u00a0 Authority is not.\u00a0 In fact, authority can get in the way.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There\u2019s a difference between telling people what to do and inciting a movement.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crowds are interesting, and they can create all sorts of worthwhile artifacts and market effects.\u00a0 But tribes are longer lasting and more effective.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGood enough\u201d stopped being good enough a long time ago.\u00a0 So why not be great?<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A true fan connects with other true fans and amplifies the noise the artist makes.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instead of always being on the hunt for one more set of eyeballs, true leaders have figured out that the real win is in turning a casual fan into a true one.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The tactics are irrelevant, and the technology will always be changing.\u00a0 The essential lesson is that every day it gets easier to tighten the relationship you have with the people who choose to follow you.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In unstable times, growth comes from leaders who create change and engage their organizations, instead of from managers who push their employees to do more for less.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We choose not to be remarkable because we\u2019re worried about criticism.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Challenging the status quo requires a commitment, both public and private.\u00a0 It involves reaching out to others and putting your ideas on the line.\u00a0 (Or pinning your Ninety-five Theses to the church door.)<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s nice to get paid.\u00a0 It\u2019s essential to believe.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Great leaders are able to reflect light onto their teams, their tribes.\u00a0 Great leaders don\u2019t want the attention, but they use it.\u00a0 They use it to unite the tribe and to reinforce its sense of purpose.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A tribe that communicates more quickly, with alacrity and emotion, is a tribe that thrives.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nothing online is even close to a substitute for the hard work and generosity that comes from leadership.\u00a0 But these tools make leadership more powerful and productive, regardless of who\u2019s in your tribe.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leading someone toward giving up one worldview and embracing yours isn\u2019t easy and it\u2019s not always comfortable.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leadership is a choice.\u00a0 It\u2019s the choice to not do nothing.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Change isn\u2019t made by asking permission.\u00a0 Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leaders who set out to give are more productive than leaders who seek to get.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The art of leadership is understanding what you can\u2019t compromise on.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If religion comprises rules you follow, faith is demonstrated by the actions you take.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leaders, on the other hand, don\u2019t have things happen to them.\u00a0 They do things.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The secret is realizing that wrong isn\u2019t fatal.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in.\u00a0 Paint a picture of the future.\u00a0 Go there.\u00a0 People will follow.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leadership is very much an art, one that\u2019s accomplished only by people with authentic generosity and a visceral connection to their tribe.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hope without a strategy doesn\u2019t generate leadership.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Caring is the key emotion at the center of the tribe.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Listen, really listen.\u00a0 Then decide and move on.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Part of leadership (a big part of it, actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.\u00a0 Long enough that the critics realize that you\u2019re going to get there one way or another\u2026so they follow.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Credit isn\u2019t the point.\u00a0 Change is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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