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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Challenged to Lead

Very encouraging to any area where you desire to make a difference in. It is a book you listen to with your personal vision in mind. Yes, you may encounter some resistance from your own self because taking this step in leading a tribe is a matter of faith. You won't get a step-by-step "how to" but you will recieve an energetic doze of making what you see as probable into a reality.

A necessary platform for Leadership

For any of us who wish to better alter their lives & that of those around them, this is most definitely a book worth reading/listening. The book is filled with anecdotes of indivuals which have, as Seth puts it himeslf, the "chutzpah" to have challenged the status quo.

The ultimate point that I personally took from this piece of work is that we are now in a time which we have no excuses to manifest our inner visions. All the tools we need to do so are all before use eagerly waiting to be used more then just to play "Angry Birds."

I highly recommend this book to any those who want to embrace the inner Leader we all have in us.

~Ricardo V.V.J.

leaders welcome

great book, can't believe it's already been out for almost ten years! I look forward to hearing more from Seth Godin.

Worth Listening

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes, because the content was interesting and thought-provoking.

What did you like best about this story?

It's not a story. This is nonfiction. I liked the ideas.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Seth Godin?

Somebody more experienced with narration. Seth wasn't terrible, but it sounded stiff and unnatural, which was a little distracting to me.

Did Tribes inspire you to do anything?

To think more about the ideas he presented. I will listen to it again.

great book

Very informative. Filled with great examples of leadership. Directs you to a path to become a leader.

Leaders unite!

Loved this book! I’be just started my first brick and mortar gym in Midtown, NYC am will be the Future of Fitness and Health! Leadership and being different is the way!
I cannot way to see my Tribes progress down the line!

Thank you Seth!
Brilliant

Jeff
LeaderLife Fitness
39 W. 56th St Floor 5
NY, NY 10019

Inspired!

I've been at a crossroads with my advocacy against domestic violence and child abuse, and until now I've been playing it safe. I've avoided embracing my heretical tendencies because I thought it would turn people away. Seth, you have helped me to realize I may just have something great to offer this movement, ME! Thank you for the encouragement!

GREAT BOOK

Fantastic book, took lot's of notes. Opend my head for NEW thinking, and a NEW set of EYES on the world and how to LEAD.
JUST LOVED IT.

EXCELLENT AND TRUE

This book is for the visionaries, the creatives, the renegades, the heretics, the change-makers, the world-changers. Listen to it if you identify with any of those types of people or want to become like any of those types of people. Thank you Seth, for being one of the relatively few people on this Earth who actually understand me. You are my tribe.

inspiring book about leadership

inspiring book about leadership. compelling argument to dispel a lot of myths about what is leadership