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Here they are, all the 21 from Maxwell’s book:
1. The Law of the Lid: Leadership Ability Determines a Person’s Level of Effectiveness.
2. The Law of Influence: The True Measure of Leadership Is Influence—Nothing More, Nothing Less.
3. The Law of Process: Leadership Develops Daily, Not in a Day.
4. The Law of Navigation: Anyone Can Steer the Ship, but It Takes a Leader the Chart the Course.
5. The Law of Addition: Leaders Add Value by Serving Others.
6. The Law of Solid Ground: Trust Is the Foundation of Leadership.
7. The Law of Respect: People Naturally Follow Leaders Stronger Than Themselves.
8. The Law of Intuition: Leaders Evaluate Everything with a Leadership Bias.
9. The Law of Magnetism: Who You Are Is Who You Attract.
10. The Law of Connection: Leaders Touch a Heart Before They Ask for a Hand.
11. The Law of The Inner Circle: A Leader’s Potential Is Determined by Those Closest to Him.
12. The Law of Empowerment: Only Secure Leaders Give Power to Others.
13. The Law of the Picture: People Do What People See.
14. The Law of Buy-in: People Buy into the Leader, Then the Vision.
15. The Law of Victory: Leaders Find a Way for the Team to Win.
16. The Law of the Big Mo: Momentum Is a Leader’s Best Friend.
17. The Law of Priorities: Leaders Understand That Activity Is Not Necessarily Accomplishment.
18. The Law of Sacrifice: A Leader Must Give Up to Go Up.
19. The Law of Timing: When to Lead Is As Important As What to Do and Where to Go.
20. The Law of Explosive Growth: To Add Growth, Lead Follower–To Multiply, Lead Leaders.
21. The Law of Legacy: A Leader’s Lasting Value Is Measured by Succession.
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Archive for January, 2010
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This is a perfect audiobook when you search for extra energy to move on with your new business. Gary energized me with his passion. In the book he emphasized the role of social media in the new business paradigm. I know much about online stuff, I know how media works. Still I enjoyed listening to Gary. If the names such as Facebook or Twitter sound new to you the book is the must for you. Read the rest of this entry »
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I used to say the most important is how we relate to any situation we face. Our attitude is very important. “Man’s Search for Meaning” gives me more power to invite others to pursue own life sense and practicing its fulfillment. Viktor Frankl shows that practicing freedom of choice and dignity was possible even in conditions of Auschwitz where Frankl spent many long months of 1940s.
The book gently combines the camp’s stories of the author with his introduction of Logotherapy. Re the latter, the following list of tenets represents Frankl’s basic principles of Logotherapy:
Life has meaning under all circumstances, even the most miserable ones.
Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
We have inalienable freedom to find meaning.
We can find meaning in life in three different ways, by:
Creating a work or doing a deed;
Experiencing something or encountering someone;
The attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering.
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Right brain and left brain – quite an exciting topic. Many of us might already know functions of left brain: uses logic, detail oriented, facts rule, words and language, present and past, math and science, can comprehend, knowing, acknowledges, order/pattern perception, knows object name, reality based, forms strategies, practical, safe; and right brain: uses feeling, “big picture” oriented, imagination rules, symbols and images, present and future, philosophy & religion, can “get it” (i.e. meaning), believes, appreciates, spatial perception, knows object function, fantasy based, presents possibilities, impetuous, risk taking. In the Pink’s book you can find good ideas how to make both brains working well in the Conceptual Age. Read the rest of this entry »