Meditations On Leadership
These are my thoughts on leadership related topics and ideas. It is meant to be a sort of journal for me and if you find it useful than I am happy to have helped.
"Every man gravitates to the place in life where he belongs by preparation and acquired habit as naturally as water flows down hill." -Andrew Carnegie
Some people may question why most of the books that I recommend aren't strictly leadership books but I would argue that what Ralph Waldo Emerson said is true when he said “Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare." Or in my case "Leaders will never be made by the study of Leadership." or maybe better put "Leaders will never be made by the study of Leadership alone." I think much value can be had from studying leaders and leadership, and Shakespeare for that matter. Most of what is beneficial about studying leaders is to study their habits because it is entirely possible to emulate habits and “We first make our habits, then our habits make us.”—Dryden Therefore if we can discover the habits that made men great then by applying those habits into our lives we too can become great. I would also argue that the quote above by Andrew Carnegie is also true. You will become a great leader exactly because that is the place in life that you belong because you have prepared yourself and created the habits required by someone in that place in life. You won't get there by seeking it out but by becoming it. "Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become." -Jim Rohn To become a great leader you have to become a great leader by doing what a great leader does. To know what a great leader does you need to study great leaders to find where their sources of inspiration and power come from, what habits they have formed, and then study those sources and apply those habits. Studying leadership and great leaders is only a stepping stone to finding what makes greatness. In my reading list I have attempted to share an extensive study of knowledge that is required to become a good or great leader. Hopefully that list is of some use to you.
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