Penguin.com (usa)

Linchpin
By Seth Godin

Bestseller Seth Godin uncovers the qualities that make some workers indepsensible and shows how you can harness your choices, your future, and your potential to make a huge difference in whatever field you choose. 

You Are a Genius

If a genius is someone with exceptional abilities and the insight to find the not so obvious solution to a problem, you don't need to win a Nobel Prize to be one. A genius looks at something that others are stuck on and gets the world unstuck.

So the question is: Have you ever done that?

Have you ever found a shortcut that others couldn't find?

Solved a problem that confounded your family?

Seen a way to make something work that wasn't working before?

Made a personal connection with someone who was out of reach to everyone else?

Even once?

No one is a genius all the time. Einstein had trouble finding his house when he walked home from work every day. But all of us are geniuses sometimes.

The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability.

Read more »