On Seth Godin’s Tribes

There were many interesting things discussed in Seth Godin’s book, Tribes . The one thing that will resonate with me for a long time however, is what he mentioned about our fear being the only thing that holds us back from becoming great leaders. In particular how he describes that leaders must have the courage to become heretics due to an incredible faith that they have. It takes courage to confront a set of well-established rules and change the unchangeable (religion). It take courage to be seen as a heretic and to have enough faith that if you are passionate enough, then it will all turn out to be all right in the end. Fear is something that is rarely addressed in our academic world. Personally, I have many fears that I wasn't aware of. The fear of not making it through another two years of school because I am so incredibly exhausted, the fear of not making my family proud, and the fear of being forgotten. Godin, however mentions that although these fears really don’t go away, acknowledging them and being aware of them makes them less likely to deter my progress. Listening to his book was a pleasure, responding to it via 20 tweets wasn't as easy as I expected though. I have this mammoth task ahead of me, that of understanding this world of technology, but I am ready to overcome it.