I received Seth Godin’s latest book, Linchpin, as a gift from my dear friend, Clay Hebert, with the following inscription.

“Paul,

You’re a true linchpin, so for you this book is an award, not a manual.  You taught me a lot of this long before Seth did.  Knowing you has permanently and immeasurably changed the arc of my life, and for that I can never thank you enough.

Butch & Sundance
Simmons & Gladwell
Pettengill & Hebert

You’re my hero, Paul.

Love Always,
Clay”

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So I was talking with my colleague Jamon Moore at I-many the other day, and he was asking me if I had read anything by Geoffrey Moore (no relation, or so Jamon claims). I had told him the God’s honest truth, which was I’d never heard of him. Looking back, I’m not sure how this could be true. I must have read several books that mentioned him, but for the life of me I can’t think of one.

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