Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?- My musings

I just finished Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin. This book talks about being the Linchpin (The pin that holds things together). If you are a Linchpin you become indispensable because you are that factor that keeps things going, growing, gripping in your job or life. You become an artist who gives gifts because you are self-less and have that certain je ne sais quoi. Seth Gives numerous examples of real-life Linchpins and goes so far to say there are two kinds of workers- The Cog (a worker who does simple tasks with direction) and the The Business Owner (who wants people to be cogs so they can make the most profit). Do I want to be Indispensable- YES, ABSOLUTELY. I let my previous jobs go and didn't have the passion anymore to keep everything together (therefore dispensable). This is an eye-opening book- I related to the sections about the resistance, how the lizard brain takes over and the disconnect I had to my previous job (lack of passion- lack of being that artist). Because of reading this book: I plan to throw out my resume, I maybe proficient in those things on my resume but most of it is not who I am. I have been all over the map throughout my adult life because I wasn't mapping, I was just following paths that were given. Now is the time to sit and map out my own life. I am not going to map out what makes the most money or what is a quick fix today. I need to map out what will stick with me in the long run, do what I love to do, become happy with life again, give selflessly and without expecting something in return and become fearless. Things that will make me a Linchpin AKA Indispensable. Time for me to go to work now. Read this book and you know what I am talking about. Keys: More Cowbell, destroy your Lizard Brain, defy resistance.