V is for Vulnerable

Oct 7, 2024 10:50 PM

Author:Seth Godin

V is for Vulnerable

V is for Vulnerable looks and feels like a classic picture book. But it's not for kids, it's for hardworking

adults. It highlights twenty-six of Seth Godin's principles about treating your work as a form of art, with

illustrations by acclaimed cartoonist Hugh MacLeod. A sample:

-A is for Anxiety, which is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome and you'll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety

doesn't make you better.

-F is for Feedback, which can be either a crutch or a weapon. Use it to make your work smaller, safer and more likely to please everyone (and fail in the long run). Or use it as a lever, to further push you to

embrace what you fear.

This is unlike any previous Godin book and makes a great gift, both for loyal fans and those who've never read him before.

Reviews

A remarkable book, one that articulates much of what you feel about great teams but have perhaps been afraid to express…

—— David Walsh , The Sunday Times

One of THE sports books that I think will soon be in every manager’s office.

—— Matt Williams , Simon Mayo Show, BBC Radio 2

A fascinating new body of research about greatness in a sports team.

—— Jeremy Wilson , Daily Telegraph

In The Captain Class, Sam Walker gives us important and original insights into the mysterious ingredients of transformative leadership. A stunning mix of research and narrative.

—— Susan Cain, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet

Wonderfully strange and absorbing… Informative, persuasive and great fun for anyone not only with a passing interest in sport but in mankind.

—— Keith Duggan , Irish Times

Over the years, many books have promised to reveal the secret of building successful teams. But now Sam Walker has actually gone and done it. An idea-driven, myth-busting gem of a book.

—— Dan Coyle, New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code and The Secret Race

Sam Walker has unlocked one of sports’ greatest mysteries. The Captain Class is one of the most surprising, best-written—and fun—sports books published in recent years.

—— Don Van Natta Jr, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author

The Captain Class is a brilliant hybrid: one part detective story and one part leadership book, dedicated to a fascinating mystery: What sets apart the greatest teams of all time? I couldn't put it down.

—— Dan Heath, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Made to Stick

Well-researched, wildly entertaining, and thought-provoking. In The Captain Class, Sam Walker presents compelling narratives about the secret ingredient to the greatest teams of all time – and quickly has the reader reexamining long-held beliefs about leadership and the glue that binds winning teams together.

—— Theo Epstein, president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs

The examples in Walker's book are striking. There’s a temptation for captains to conform to the accepted stereotype of what a heroic leader should be. Walker’s book utterly—and rightly in my view—dispels that notion. The leaders he analyses were the opposite of what you might imagine a leader to be.

—— Mike Atherton, former captain, England cricket team

The most fabulous book on freakish sporting success and leadership traits commonly shared across the greatest teams of all time. I thoroughly recommend it.

—— Rich Buchanan, Performance Director, Swansea City FC

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—— Tom Hodgkinson , Book of the week, Idler Magazine

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—— Mitch Joel , Author of SIX PIXELS OF SEPARATION & CTRL ALT DELETE

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—— Debbie Wosskow OBE, Co-Founder, AllBright

In a rapidly changing world, no one has all the answers, but we all need to be thinking about the workforce of the future. Jason Stockwood’s voice on the topic is important, and I applaud his innovative thinking and creative approach to experimentation.

—— Alan Schnitzer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Reboot kickstarts the movement for a positive outlook on change in the practice and meaning of work. Packed full of insight and anecdotes, it’s written in the wonderfully authentic voice of a business leader who clearly also has a life.

—— MT Rainey OBE, Advertising Founder

Jason Stockwood is one of the most people-focused CEOs in the UK

—— HR Magazine

Jason Stockwood was behind the success of several internet firms including Lastminute.com and Match.com

—— City AM

Great thinking … regarding the role of business in society

—— Brendan McCafferty, CEO of AXA Insurance

This survival guide is here to help you from going insane. It's full of science-driven tips and strategies on how to deal with nasty bosses, manipulative colleagues, or other general jerks in your life

—— W Magazine

People are jerks. And there's plenty of evidence to prove it in the very blunt self-help book called "The A-hole Survival Guide," a scholarly source that teaches fed-up readers how to deal with co-workers, strangers and just about anyone who sucks

—— Moneyish

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