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Tribes turns you from a sheepwalker into a heretic, by giving you the tools to start your own tribe, explaining why they’re the future of business and showing you that you too, can be a leader.
Tribes turns you from a sheepwalker into a heretic, by giving you the tools to start your own tribe, explaining why they’re the future of business and showing you that you too, can be a leader.
It doesn’t take much to keep a group moving. 1000 true fans are enough. But how do you get them?
According to Seth, you have to bringt 3 things to the table:
A narrative, that tells a story of the future you’re trying to build. A way to connect the leader with the tribe and the tribe members among each other. Something to do, an activity to participate in.
By the way, “I want to be a millionaire” isn’t a good narrative. Maybe pick something less focused on money. For example, with Four Minute Books, I imagine a world where everyone can learn from the world’s best books – for free. They might not be able to read the entire book, but they can learn something that might change their life, without having to pay.
Connecting is easy. On Four Minute Books alone, you have a ton of options. You can comment on the summaries, suggest a book, and of course join the conversation on my email list.
Our shared activity is reading, of course, and I’m already thinking of a way to help our tribe’s members to connect each other, stay tuned 😉
The bigger the tribe, the better, right? Well, those are the old ways. New product, let’s shove it down peoples’ throats with a ton of TV ads until everyone sees how great it is. But nope, not anymore!
Initially, don’t even worry about the growth of your tribe. Its biggest advantage is that there are multiple connections.
The leader can talk to the tribe. The tribe can talk to the leader. The tribe members can talk to each other. The tribe members can talk to outsiders.
The most important of these is number 3, because this is how a tribe becomes a tight-knit community, which is why it’s so important to turn that shared interest (in this site’s case: reading) into a passionate goal the entire tribe can strive for (sharing our knowledge of the world’s best books with the world, for free).
By knowing that they’re an insider, part of a small group which excludes the rest of the world, and forming strong bonds with one another, your tribe’s first members will build the foundation on which you can build a powerful movement.
That said, anyone can lead a tribe, but not everyone. The world is split into heretics and sheepwalkers. A sheepwalker is someone who’s been conditioned and trained by school and through society to keep their head…
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Forget growth, just focus on strengthening your tribe’s connections.
Which one are you, heretic or sheepwalker?
"Tribes" is a strong fit if you want practical ideas around business, communication skills, culture—especially themes like combine these 3 elements to make a movement; forget growth, just focus on strengthening your tribe’s connections. The MinuteRead summary distills these concepts into a focused read, whether you're deciding whether to buy the book or applying its lessons at work.
Motivated to help readers with tribes turns you from a sheepwalker into a heretic, Nina Raine wrote “Tribes” to package those ideas for a fast, focused read. In “Tribes”, Nina Raine focuses on tribes turns you from a sheepwalker into a heretic. Through “Tribes”, Nina Raine distills the core ideas on business into lessons readers can absorb in a single short sitting. Readers turn to this work when they want Nina Raine's perspective on the subject without working through the entire original volume…
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