Being partial to people who build things

Posted by michaelhartzell under Strategy
From http://www.michaelhartzell.com 3981 days ago
Made Hot by: maestro68 on December 28, 2013 2:34 pm

Boeing builds airplanes, Newcastle Systems builds mobile carts with power, Tillamook makes cheeses and ice cream and Brown & Haley creates the most amazing confections. People who work for such companies have my appreciation and respect. What they do is taken for granted by the typical consumer

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Written by michaelhartzell
3976 days ago

If that is the case? How about the complete unabridged audio book read by Seth himself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOOCdhp3dwQ

Free.

Powerful.

Enjoy!

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Written by michaelhartzell
3976 days ago

Within those companies that build things... are artists.

Art is not "art" based on painting, music, etc.

Yes to your idea from Seth. He refers to art not from painters but possibly from welders. (such as you)

"Art is the work of a human, an individual seeking to make a statement, to cause a reaction, to connect. Art is something new, every time, and art might not work, precisely because it's new, because it's human and because it seeks to connect.

Once art is freed from the canvas and the dealer and the gallery, it gains enormous power. Politicians and science fiction authors can do a sort of art. Anyone liberated from the assembly line and given a job where at least part of the time they decide, "what's next," has been given a charter to do art, to explore and discover and to create an impact.

LeapintothevoidWhen I write about making 'art', many people look at me quizzically. They don't understand how to make the conceptual leap from a job where we are told what to do to a life where we decide what to do--and seek to do something that connects, that makes an impact, and that yes, might not work."

Here is where Seth has a presentation about "Linchpins" who create "art".

http://www.michaelhartzell.com/Blog/bid/38775/Overcome-Business-Barriers-Listen-to-the-April-Linchpin-Session

Business owners have opportunity to make art... so do welders. :) (Who I am appreciative of)

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Written by lyceum
3976 days ago

Michael: You comment made me want to continue to read Seth Godin's book, Linchpin, again.

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Written by lyceum
3976 days ago

I have worked in the welding industry and there I met several companies that built things. Nowadays I want to meet passionate small business owners who want to "make art" according to Seth Godin's description.

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