Tribes

We Need You to Lead Us

By: Seth Godin

Narrated by: Seth Godin

Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

A tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea. For millions of years, humans have been seeking out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). It's our nature.

Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networking sites are helping existing tribes get bigger. 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.

And so the key question: Who is going to lead us?

The Web can do amazing things, but it can't provide leadership. That still has to come from individuals - people just like you who have a passion about something. The explosion in tribes means that anyone who wants to make a difference now has the tools at her fingertips.

If you think leadership is for other people, think again - leaders come in surprising packages. Consider Joel Spolsky and his international tribe of scary-smart software engineers. Or Gary Vaynerhuck, a wine expert with a devoted following of enthusiasts. 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. All they have in common is the desire to change things, the ability to connect a tribe, and the willingness to lead.

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. Sheepwalkers don't do very well these days.

Tribes will make you think (really think) about the opportunities in leading your fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers....It's not easy, but it's easier than you think.

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I am a big fan, and biased.

I enjoy Seth's work, and I love the simplicity of the message in this book. I like it so much I also bought the hard cover version.

must read for future, current leaders +Religious

Great book and well read by Seth himself. I give this a 10. the wisdom was basic but not spoke about in school. loved it.

Defines 21st Century and Innovative Leadership

This is one of the best leadership books I have encountered. It doesn't give you a formula rather challenges you to develop your own leadership and lead a cause.

How to Change the World - Seriously...

If changing the world in some way is something you've ever thought about doing, get this audio book. Even if you're not planning on changing the world any time soon, get this audio book.

I believe that most of us feel like starting a movement to bring about change at some point in our lives. Perhaps we don't want to run for office or tackle global issues, but on some level or other - most of us would like to change some part of our world for the better. Sadly, most of us tend to feel that our attempts would be futile. This book will put you right and explain how to bring about change.

No matter whether you're in business, supporting a non-profit, or you're a stay-at-home parent, no matter what status quo you'd like to change - Seth Godin will convince you that you can do it and explain how in simple terms.

As I've come to expect from him, beautifully written, very well read. He keeps you listening throughout.

Such a pleasure to hear and learn from this great writer.

You need someone to tell you what you know!

Some books are meant to be read rather than listened. The Tribes is one of them. To fully think of all the concepts offered by the book you have to stop and think, which at the times may not be the easiest option. I would recommend everyone to buy hard copy or at least kindle version rather than audio version of this book.

With that being said, I would like to underline that the book does not offer any revolutionary ideas or concepts (at least for those who are around people quite a bit), but rather book forces reader/listener to re-think their approach to leadership and makes them reverse their stubborn ways, into more of a team oriented approach.

Examples given in the book are great, and easy to follow. I would recommend this book to anyone, specially younger people who are looking to make a difference.

I need this

I have listened and relistened to this book as I need to internalise its message. Everyone that I admire has done exactly what Seth describes and I know I need to do the same thing if I am ever to make it as an entrepreneur. I can't thank Seth enough.

Loved it!! <br />This is the real deal of leadership <br />

I have read so many books of leadership, some good, most bad. Some just are based on the art of manipulate others desicion. This is the real deal on leadership; based on the most pure human essentials. Tribes is that of those concept we know by heart, but can't explain it. Please read or hear from audible.

Tribes

highly recommend, this book helped me better understand how I can effectively grow my business

This is the future of marketing and business.

Read / Listen to this this if you want more from life. If you want to accomplish something that involves other people.

It was very good. I enjoyed it!

I enjoyed it. I got a good amount of information from it to use going forward.