div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"pa onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=240,height=240,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/23/51drpze7irl_sl500_aa240_.jpg"img width="200" height="200" border="0" src="http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/get_a_life_blog/images/2008/10/23/51drpze7irl_sl500_aa240_.jpg" title="51drpze7irl_sl500_aa240_" alt="51drpze7irl_sl500_aa240_" //a /p pSome books just get under your skin./p pThat is how I feel about Seth Godin's latest book, a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tribes-We-Need-You-Lead/dp/1591842336/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1224823519amp;sr=8-1"Tribes/a./p pI have been aware of the book for awhile, when I joined Seth's experimental online community named a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/07/are-you-in-the.html"Triiibes/a a few months ago./p pI had to laugh when I saw the name for the first time, since I was working on a chapter of my book called emRecruit Your Tribe/em.nbsp; I assured Seth that I chose that name before knowing about his new book.nbsp; Tribe is a big word around my house since I am married to a Navajo man, and through his company we work with other Native American tribes all over the state of Arizona./p pThe concept of the book is quite straightforward, quoting Seth:nbsp; /pblockquotep“It’s simple:nbsp; there are tribes everywhere now, inside and outside of organizations, in public and in private, in nonprofits, in classrooms, across the planet.nbsp; Every one of these tribes is yearning for leadership and connection.nbsp; This is an opportunity for you –an opportunity to find and assemble a tribe and lead it.nbsp; The question isn’t, Is it possible for me to do that? Now the question is, “Will I choose to do it?” /p/blockquotepI have been haunted by this question on every one of my coaching calls since I read the book.nbsp; A lot of times, clients wonder if they have what it takes to implement a business idea. To make money.nbsp; To be able to quit their job and take care of themselves without a paycheck./p pBut shifting the question to quot;are you ready to lead your tribe?quot; brings things to a whole new level.nbsp; It changes the game.nbsp; The results have already been so powerful they give me the chills./p pstrongFinding You/strong/p pI vividly remember when I decided to find my own tribe, you all.nbsp; I knew that I didn't want to consult in large companies anymore.nbsp; The environments were getting more and more toxic.nbsp; I knew that most people were interested in getting out, not learning how to operate more effectively as employees./p pI felt that there were people I could help.nbsp; But I didn't have any idea how to reach them.nbsp; This was before I knew about blogs (really -- before starting my blog three years ago, I didn't know what a blog was and had never read one)./p pWhat was I to do, sneak into the cafeterias of former clients and slip their employees fliers?/p pThankfully, I started to blog.nbsp; And it was like being given a golden key that opened the back door to a vast community of people desperate to know that they weren't crazy for hating their cushy jobs. I found my people and have been laughing and learning with you ever since.nbsp; And as I thought about it, I guess I have been leading too, in my own way.nbsp; /p pFor all these reasons, I am really excited to talk to Seth live on Monday about his new book.nbsp; And joining us will be Dan Pink, bestselling author of a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whole-New-Mind-Right-Brainers-Future/dp/1594481717/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1224825476amp;sr=1-1"A Whole New Mind/a and a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Johnny-Bunko-Career-Guide/dp/1594482918/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1224825515amp;sr=1-1"The Adventures of Johnny Bunko/a and Keith Ferrazzi, bestselling author of a href="http://www.amazon.com/Never-Eat-Alone-Secrets-Relationship/dp/0385512058/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1224825560amp;sr=1-1"Never Eat Alone/a./p p Elizabeth Marshall, founder of AuthorTeleseminars.com (and recent co-author herself of a href="http://www.amazon.com/Contrarian-Effect-Typical-Advice-Opposite/dp/0470237902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1224825983amp;sr=1-1"The Contrarian Effect/a with Michael Port) will lead the discussion./p pTo sign up, go a href="http://www.authorteleseminars.com/tribes3.html"here/a. /p pI really hope you can join us. I am very excited about the book and the call.nbsp; If you can't attend live, sign up anyway and you can listen to the recording at your convenience./p pSeeing as this panel will happen three days before I turn in the final copy of my own book (October 30, really, this is it!), I am hoping that sitting on a call with three best-selling authors will zap me with some magic book selling mojo-filled fairy dust. A new tribe, perhaps? :)/p pnbsp;/p pre/pre/div div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/EscapeFromCubicleNation?a=RnDJM"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/EscapeFromCubicleNation?i=RnDJM" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/EscapeFromCubicleNation?a=F3JbM"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/EscapeFromCubicleNation?i=F3JbM" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EscapeFromCubicleNation/~4/430376764" height="1" width="1"/