Where the failure lies, however, is in the assumption that everyone should be a leader. He is right in that there is now more opportunity to be a leader than ever, especially with all the new tools that the common man is afforded in today's technological age. There's very little, if any, research presented in this book - and everything that is presented comes across as Godin's opinion or the conclusions he comes to on his own. Basically it's nothing more than a large motivational speech to try to get people to become leaders. Seth Godin's 'Tribes' is possibly the worst business-type book I've ever read. So, what follows is only based on what is in that first third of the book. Perhaps before LEADING his TRIBE, Godin should invest in some writing classes.įrom the outset, I should make it clear that I only made it about a third of the way through Tribes before closing it for good. Sadly, this is what happens more often than not when bloggers try to stretch out into a book. Repeating a term again and again adds nothing to my comprehension of his point but makes me feel as though I’m reading a Dick and Jane primer. Sentences are so short and so filled with buzz words and Godin’s lingo that they’re basically meaningless. It’s not even structured in an enjoyable way. He says nothing new or interesting but cloaks it in his own personal jargon (a sure sign that you are reading a self help book is the liberal use of phrases that the author thinks make him sound original but which do little but turn me off to the book) and examples of innovators within internet culture that have only the most tenuous of connections to the point that Godin is trying to make. Through your actions as a LEADER you attract a tribe that WANTS to follow you.” I’m sure somebody out there is paying $1200 for a weekend seminar hosted by this snake oil salesman of the digital age. The ONLY thing holding you back from LEADING YOUR TRIBE is FEAR. “YOUR business needs YOU to LEAD them into the future.
Instead, this book is just so much bullshit. I would have loved a book like that: thought-provoking, engaging, at times irritating, but a book that made me excited to talk about it with others. I was expecting a study on how like-minded people have a tendency to congregate and an analysis of how ideas can jump from one micro-group to another. I originally picked up this audiobook because the descriptions I had read of it made it sound as though it were the thematic follow-up to Malcolm Gladwell’s incredibly enjoyable The Tipping Point. It's not easy, but it's easier than you think. Tribes will make you think (really think) about the opportunities in leading your fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers. Sheepwalkers don't do very well these days. If you ignore this opportunity, you risk turning into a "sheepwalker"-someone who fights to protect the status quo at all costs, never asking if obedience is doing you (or your organization) any good. All they have in common is the desire to change things, the ability to connect a tribe, and the willingness to lead. Chris Sharma leads a tribe of rock climbers up impossible cliff faces, while Mich Mathews, a VP at Microsoft, runs her internal tribe of marketers from her cube in Seattle. Or Gary Vaynerhuck, a wine expert with a devoted following of enthusiasts.
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Consider Joel Spolsky and his international tribe of scary-smart software engineers. If you think leadership is for other people, think again-leaders come in surprising packages. The explosion in tribes means that anyone who wants to make a difference now has the tools at her fingertips. That still has to come from individuals-people just like you who have passion about something. The Web can do amazing things, but it can't provide leadership. And so the key question: Who is going to lead us? But more important, they're enabling countless new tribes to be born-groups of ten or ten thousand or ten million who care about their iPhones, or a political campaign, or a new way to fight global warming. All those blogs and social networking sites are helping existing tribes get bigger. Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. For millions of years, humans have been seeking out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). A tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea.