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Learning to lean in with Linchpin Clay Hebert – 015 Linchpin Podcast

Clay’s connection to Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Foursquare and moreClay’s blog

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Recent articles
We Are NY Tech

Spark Boutik on Social Media ROI

http://www.Zaarly.com

Seth Godin on his own fame:
– “Getting in early and persisting like a crazy person matters.” – Seth Godin
– “I notice things and I tell people about what I notice. I try to be generous about telling. If someone can point out things to you that you already know but describe it in a way that helps you take action on it there becomes a really neat relationship.”

About Clay

Example of “boring” client able to create valuable and free content (free .pdf that helps buyers and sellers simplify the complex NYC closing costs calculation)

– Jerry – Clay’s client we discussed

Traindom – On-line learning platform

– Linchpins can work for other people.
“That person sticks out.”
“That person took risks and that’s why they’re moving up the ladder.”
– “If all you do is what someone tells you to do then you can’t be a Linchpin.”
“There are no longer any great jobs where someone else tells you precisely what to do.” – Godin, Linchpin (262 – Kindle)

– How he found out about the Seth Godin Alternative MBA program
3:30am call from a friend telling him to read Seth’s post (which he does every day anyway)

Clay’s summary post about SAMBA – A Life Changed

Clay’s SAMBA Application

The SAMBA application made you prove yourself. You couldn’t fake it.
Purple Cow at an airport in Chicago was the book that introduced him to Seth Godin.
The Cluetrain Manifesto
Naked Conversations

“On time is not the same as early.”

Stuart smalley and Michael Jordan skit

“I credit Seth with blowing up the education paradigm.”
We spent one week on design. A day on typography. A day on how to be a great client to a great designer.

“He didn’t want us to be great designers but he did want us to be able to work with great designers.”

He taught us about contracts and laws in light of the mistakes he made in the past.

The Personal MBA site
Buy The Personal MBA

Skate skiing
“Lean in.” – Seth Godin
Leaning in creates movement and progress. It can also cause you to crash but momentum is not optional.

It would make a great movie

– Tribes Win
Helping big companies lead their tribes.

– Spindows
Platforms that allows you to meet more relevant people in an organization based on tags.

– Launchrock.com – One page site for your idea
Allows you to collect emails to see who wants updates
Seth Godin – First Ten post

– Clay’s book and project

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A lie I hear every day


“You’re no one.”

I hear these words every day. They come from the resistance. It is a force outside of myself. It lives in me (and in all people trying to create what they were made to create) but it is not me. It has traits that make it easy to identify no matter who its target is. It is a universal experience, reality and being all at once. It tries to ruin my marriage, my work and my passions.

Consider it a privilege to be lied to

The resistance said the same thing to Barak Obama when he wanted to run for President. [Read more…]

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Motivation usually doesn't come from within

It would be wonderful if I woke up every day and was motivated from within.  I would go to work or love my kids and wife because there’s something totally pure inside of me.  The truth is there is very little that is pure inside any of us and that means we get discouraged easily and often.   Most days I love what I do and then there are days like today when I’d rather just sleep through till tomorrow.  There’s no point to throw a pity party though.  People will show up to that party but they won’t be any fun and they won’t help you feel better.  So I thought I’d offer myself some advice and you can read it too.

1. Write down your last 10 conversations; Who were they with?  Do those people motivate you?  Are they happy people?  Do they create things that matter and treat people well?  We are products of our environment in our day to work and whether it’s your boss or your customers the conversations you have shape your day more than you know.  SOLUTION: Talk less to downers and more to people that are doing the things you want to do.  Run with the right pack.

2. Stop listening to your own voice; I do believe you can kill the resistance, the lizard, the voice in your head that tells you that you’re not that special and there’s always someone better than you and your voice doesn’t matter.  That voice does not die quickly though.  You’ve got to Chinese Water Torture it to death.  Bit by bit you have do things that chip away at the voice in your head that essentially has one purpose, beat you down.  I’m all for humility but God gave us all gifts and we’re all capable of sharing them with the world. When you don’t share them it’s either your laziness or listening to the liar in your head. SOLUTION: Put stuff in your head everyday that tells you the truth.  You are capable of great things.  The resistance just told you that’s not true.  It’s a liar.  Do something great.

Most lists have a minimum of three points.  Not mine.  Just do those two things.  That’s enough to keep us both busy for awhile.  I hope that helps.  Let me know what you’re going to do with this advice.  If you’re not going to do anything with it then that’s too bad.  The world needs your help.