#091 Something Very Noticeable
So what makes people want to follow a leader? We look for three key traits: The ability to articulate the vision The right kind of ambition The ability to…
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Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
There has been, for example, little recognition given to someone who could produce value through the way they manage mood, how they skillfully coordinate with others to achieve a desired goal, or their ability to ignite the passion and purpose of others.
Richard Strozzi-Heckler • The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader
Walter Isaacson on the link between suffering and greatness and those with happy childhoods:
“We grow up with fewer demons but we grow up with less drive. We end being Boswell and not Johnson. We end up being the observer and not the doer. Respect those who are in the arena…”
A few years ago, I learned that Jobs, Ellison, Musk and Bezos hav... See more
Some of your fellow travelers are adventurous, too, and ready to dive right in without trepidation. But others will hesitate just long enough to let doubt creep in. If you don’t encourage them, their apprehension will develop into varying degrees of fear—from apathy to panic—that will leave them immobilized and unwilling to act.