Class

Seth Godin and Ted Kusio (l to r)

Usually when you see someone famous and want to say “Hi,” you either have to fight a mob or intrude on their privacy. So I let celebrities have their crowd or their peace, without me.

However when author Seth Godin joined us at the NYC Meetup on June 14th, he didn’t hold court with a select few, he didn’t just say “Hi” to the organizers and leave, so he could officially say “I was there.” No, he made the rounds, walked up to people and said “Hi.”

Seth’s latest book, Linchpin, describes indispensable people as:

“…those crazy people we can’t live without, people who bring art to work, people who reach out, make a connection, cause change to happen. The linchpin is the person who is indispensable, because they refuse to become an interchangeable part, someone who merely follows the manual.”

So this photo isn’t a “Look at me with someone famous!” shot, but a reminder that being a linchpin, being indispensable, also means having class.

Yeah.

(Thanks Andrew for taking the picture!)