Seth Godin has written many books, posts daily on his Blog (sign up for his email Blog here), has a successful podcast, and is considered to be a thought leader in the business space. You may be asking yourself, why, and how is Linchpin related to making Mental Health Simple, Grayson?
Seth's work relates to mental health because it is affirming, empowering, and enabling. Seth has a direct and normal approach to areas of life that tend to lock us up in performance mentalities and fears of failure. In Linchpin, Seth proposes that we (society; the world) need YOU. We need the tools, giftings, and interests that you possess so that our markets, products, and communities to grow and flourish. We need YOUR personhood to shine as YOU make me better and I make you better when we are both living in authenticity and intentionally destroying performance-based mentalities.
Not only do we need your yield to our markets, products, and communities, Seth focuses on your personhood as a way to get around and past fears and performance-based thinking. Through plan language and supportive approaches, Seth's writing can empower you to take calculated chances and set reasonable expectations for yourself and others. Through his writing, he encourages you to live with vulnerability and honesty.
This probably sounds a lot like Brene Brown, huh? That’s because they are friends and work together to empower us as humans to overcome institutional constructs that limit creativity, vibrancy, and out of the box thinking. In many ways, we all (myself included) come up with ways of dealing with life as opposed to thriving within the situations that we find ourselves in. I know that situations are difficult, broken, and can be traumatic but through reading Linchpin, I believe that you will find some breakthrough and confidence that is hiding behind fears of failure and complacency.
In summary, Seth says: “realizing that you haven’t given gifts because you’re scared or that you have forgotten what you have to offer might compel you to action. I think it is worth a try” (Linchpin, p.160).
Here is the link to get Linchpin on Amazon.
Here is the link to get a digital version of Linchpin on Kindle.
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