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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? (Piatkus, 2011; first published 2010)

Seth Godin · c. 2010

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  1. The lizard brain is not merely a concept. It’s real, and it’s living on the top of your spine, fighting for your survival.
  2. You don’t become indispensable merely because you are different. But the only way to be indispensable is to be different.
  3. Emotional labor is the task of doing important work, even when it isn’t easy.
  4. emotional labor is so much more valuable than physical labor.
  5. No one is a genius all the time.

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