We Are Surrounded by Bureaucrats, Note Takers, Literalists, Manual Readers, TGIF Laborers, Map Followers, and Fearful Employees -Seth Godin
I was left with two impressions rounding out Seth Godin’s book Linchpin
- Empowerment – He says ‘Give Yourself a Well Earned D,’ – In context, conventions of society judge grammar and flow more than the presentation of ideas. The well developed definitions and roles of jobs will pick on you and use their well established principles as a beating stick.
- What would we do without the white collar mass? Without all the people in the above quote, what would the world do? What would the world be like without these positions of white collar commodity? What if they were to all disappear tomorrow? What if they all got ‘creative’ tomorrow, who would be left to wash the dishes?
When I think about all the information and subject matter floating around, I hit gridlock. I think about the establishment in the form of institutions of higher learning, bodies of knowledge, best practice, etc – I think about how they all want to own a slice of the pie and how all these overlapping disciplines all want to be the best, the most accredited, and most importantly to be the ‘right’ methodology.
The yang that is born out of this power struggle is autonomy. The Taoist master owns nothing of these magical features. They want to help you see your information clearer, ownership not included, no brand required.
On one side of the playing field we have the TGIF laborer; on the other you have the transcended. Organizations do not understand these autonomous creatures, yet they are the path to true freedom and enlightenment. They are the ones who can bridge the gap between possible and probable.