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Before You Give Up On Being A Leader
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Taking a snapshot from the best-selling biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ron Chernow Russ Ewell reflects on how leaders can be worn down and potentially squander their leadership potential.
- This episode is based on an original idea called "10 Fears That Limit Our Leadership Potential," which became "Before You Give Up On Being A Leader." Why change? Simplicity and Clarity!
- You can find the post "Before You Give Up On Being A Leader" at Lead Different
- "Grant asked himself whether the price of leadership was worth the pain" is a central question explored.
- "The capacity for fear to limit our leadership potential is immense" is a idea explored
- There are references to Walt Whitman's poem "America" and how it connects to Langston Hughes poem "I, Too," which contains the proclamation and protest line, "I Too, am America."
- There is a reference to legendary Coach Vince Lombardi and his timeless observation that "Fatigue makes cowards of us all." There is a great biography of Coach Lombardi called "When Pride Still Mattered."
- The Order of the Phoenix from the Harry Potter Film Series is referred to, the inspiring moment when Dumbledore with the help of Fawkes the Phoenix disappears in a blaze of fire.
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