Modern Leadership Lessons From the World's Greatest: Discover Timeless Qualities of 8 Extraordinary Leaders and How to Develop These Game-Changing Skills in Yourself
Language: English
Published by Eagle Ridge Books, 2022
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- Title
- Modern Leadership Lessons From the World's Greatest: Discover Timeless Qualities of 8 Extraordinary Leaders and How to Develop These Game-Changing Skills in Yourself
- Author
- Paul A. Wyatt
- Publisher
- Eagle Ridge Books
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1958166367
- ISBN 13
- 9781958166369
- Item weight
- 0.51 pounds
What lies behind the greatness of Lincoln, Gandhi, Mandela, Einstein, and Gates? And, better yet, how can YOU replicate them? Keep reading to find out!
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu
The way you think about leadership serves as the basis for your motivations.
Is it to rule and wield power? Is it for personal gain? Or is it to put yourself up to task in delivering what people long for?
Many leaders, both in the past and present, have missed the mark. Most are frustratingly out of touch with the people they serve. Instead of striving for the greater good, they ruthlessly pursue personal ambitions and fancies.
But, every so often, a handful of good apples rise from the muddied waters and offer a glimmer of hope through their actions, words, deeds, and ability to make things happen.
How do they do it?
Great leaders are constantly moving, making and learning from mistakes, and growing. Greatness involves constant and painful self-awareness, discovery, and improvement. Of course, each one is cut from a different cloth.
But ALL of them share a few things in common.
The growing body of literature that offers effective leadership strategies has given others the keys to adopt these themselves, one way or another.
In “Modern Leadership Lessons From the World’s Greatest” by Paul A. Wyatt, you will discover timeless qualities of 8 extraordinary leaders and how to develop these game-changing skills in yourself.
In this insightful book, you will:
- Uncover the 8 qualities that catapult a leader into greatness and how you can leverage your own positive qualities to create your brand of leadership
- Get the most effective social, emotional, and psychological tools that you can think about, reflect on, and respond to
- Learn what pushed Abraham Lincoln to wage political struggles and civil wars that ended slavery, saved the Union, and opened the gates toward civil and social freedoms for African-Americans
- Backtrack to Mahatma Gandhi’s influences that branded him one of the twentieth century's greatest political and spiritual leaders
- Immerse yourself in how billionaire technical genius, Bill Gates changed the world by starting a technological revolution in making the computer accessible to everyone
- Deep-dive into Mother Teresa’s motivations as she created many homes for the dying, the hungry from Calcutta to Albania
- Get into the mindset of Albert Einstein as he devised his theory of relativity, which then revolutionized the world’s understanding of time
And many more!
What sets this book apart from all the others is that it bares it ALL. These 8 great leaders are people after all, just like all of us. They show their humanity in everything they do.
They show resilience in the face of challenges and failures. Their empathy overflows as they genuinely care for and uplift others even when they themselves are down.
They show gratitude for people who go above and beyond for them. They model self-confidence in their decisions. They have a strong inner compass that guides them toward their next best moves.
In the 8 leaders that are highlighted in “Modern Leadership Lessons From the World’s Greatest”, you will read about compelling insights, tips, experiences, and advice that are brilliantly formatted to effectively draw leadership lessons from history’s best to enable you to replicate them today.
Follow along as you learn more from the likes of Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, and Stephen Hawking about life, love, hardships, discipline, persistence, forgiveness, morality, mistakes, regrets, mindsets, work ethics, and more!
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