"Know Thyself"
Self Discovery is a Predecessor to Leadership
Who are you?
What do you Believe?
Where are you Going?
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
- Warren Bennis
Principle Summary
“History Doesn’t Repeat itself, but it Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain – So Study History
Much of Leading is Learned – So Study Leadership
Money is the Storage and Influencer of Human Effort That Many Don’t Understand – So Study Economics
Find the Good Traits You Want to Emulate & the negative ones you decide to avoid – So Study People/Biographies
"Real Recognizes Real"
Genuine leadership requires true confidence in oneself. To gain confidence one needs to take the time to evaluate the person in the mirror and establish the direction for your Life. The MILK and MEAT below is prepared for your benefit to assist you in your journey to gain a complete knowledge of yourself.
MILK
History
- Benjamin Franklin
- The U.S. and the Holocaust
- The Vietnam War
- The Congress
- Jackie Robinson
- The Roosevelts
- The Dust Bowl
- Prohibition
- The War
- Lewis & Clark
- Thomas Jefferson
- Empire of the Air
- The Civil War
History
Leadership
Economics
Movies:
- Margin Call
- The Big Short
- (More to Come)
Economics
MEAT
History
Books:
- Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Martin Luther by Eric Metaxas
- Washington: A Life
- Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
- Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Grant by Ron Chernow
- The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
- The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I, Volume II & Volume III
- An Autobiography by Mohandas – Mahatma K. Gandhi
- Kissinger by Walter Isaacson
- Exercise of Power by Robert M. Gates
History
Leadership
Books:
- The Law of Success From The 1925 Manuscript Lessons
- Called To Lead
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- The Call: Finding and Fulfilling God’s Purpose for Your Life by Os Guinness
- Switch by Dan Heath, Chip Heath
- Scrum by Jeff Sutherland, J.J. Sutherland
- Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
- How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- American Icon by Bryce G. Hoffman
Leadership
People
Books:
- The Republic – Plato
- The Apology – Plato
- Iliad – Homer
- The Odyssey – Homer
- Politics – Aristotle
- The Trial and the Death of Socrates by Plato
- Twelve Ordinary Men by John MacArthur
- The Fourth Turning by William Strauss, Neil Howe
- 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
- Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
Biographies:
People
