The social Web is abuzz right now with talks, tweets and blog posts about What Matters Now, a just released motivational and inspirational eBook from blogger Seth Godin, whose new book called Linchpin is set to be published next month. And get this: the eBook is absolutely free to download.

“Now, more than ever, we need to shake things up,” says Godin in his blog, “Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around. I hope a new eBook I’ve organized will get you started on that path.”

What Matters Now is essentially a collection of nuggets of wisdom and encouraging words from some of today’s most popular authors, speakers, entrepreneurs and bloggers. Among those who contributed to the eBook are Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert and famous media personality Tim O’Reilly.

The free eBook can be downloaded here. Read it, do something good with what you’ll learn from it, and don’t forget to share it with your family and friends. Hopefully, the new year will indeed bring us better things and will see us giving importance to what really matters in our lives.