My next reading is the latest from John Maxwel
l called Leadership Gold: Lesson's I've learned from a lifetime of leading. Reading the introduction, pareng John (close?) wrote this book with the premise that he will only write it once he reached 60 (tanda na pala niya). Indeed there's always something to be learned from grey hairs. I've seen this around the bookstores and despite my mild reservations of Maxwell books (because sometimes or lately (?) most of his latest books that I encounter are recycled/"paraphrased" from previous ones). But once in a while you encounter a good find from his line-ups. I think this one is one of them (last one I read from him was The 360 leader which is really good).
Check-out the Table of Contents:
(Unsolicited comments in parenthesis is mine)
- If It's Lonely at the Top, You're Not Doing Something Right (True! This really caught my attention that's why I bought the book. It's so true, before I use to believe and conclude that "it's lonely at the top" but really it should not be. Thank God for this relevation :)
- The Toughest Person to Lead Is Always Yourself (Second thing to catch my attention. It's also so true)
- Defining Moments Define Your Leadership
- When You Get Kicked in the Rear, You Know You're out in Front
- Never Work a Day in Your Life (Good mantra)
- The Best Leaders Are Listeners (True)
- Get in the Zone and Stay There
- A Leader's First Responsibility Is to Define Reality
- To See How the Leader Is Doing, Look at the People (Yes, yes, yes!)
- Don't Send Your Ducks to Eagle School
- Keep Your Mind on the Main Thing
- Your Biggest Mistake Is Not Asking What Mistake You're Making
- Don't Manage Your Time--Manage Your Life (Whoa!)
- Keep Learning to Keep Leading
- Leaders Distinguish Themselves During Tough Times
- People Quit People, Not Companies (Whoa moment there)
- Experience Is Not the Best Teacher
- The Secret to a Good Meeting Is the Meeting Before the Meeting
- Be a Connector, Not Just A Climber
- The Choices You Make, Make You
- Influence Should Be Loaned but Never Given
- For Everything You Gane, You Give Up Something
- Those Who Start the Journey with You Seldom Finish with You
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