Okay, I have come to grips with the fact that I am not going to complete 48 books by the end of this year. (A baby can do that to you). But for the books i do complete I will at least post my thoughts.

Tribes was very inspirational for me. Sometimes I wonder what it is we have created with the open house, and Seth inspired me to keep going. He inspired me to push the envelope, keep trying things, and my favourite quote from the book:

Change is made by people, by leaders who are proud to be called heretics because their faith is never in question.

You have to read the book to get where he is coming from with the word heretic, but basically he inspires tribe leaders to always move forward, don’t stay safe and always re-evaluate what your doing. That has been the nature and culture of toh since the beginning.

And Seth also writes:

The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it’s unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist.

It was a book with nuggets of truth throughout. Seth has a great understanding of our generation and of leadership. I would recommend this book for any organic church planter looking for inspiration. My CP rating is 4/5 and is best utilized by the planter to be used as a motivator.

Here are some other quotes I wrote down from the book.

Tags: book review, seth godin, the open house, tribes