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OBSESSED : A Leadership Manifesto
A Leadership Manifesto isn’t another leadership book. It’s a declaration of war—against comfort, conformity, and every excuse that keeps potential trapped under fear.
Written by Mike MacKay, former Chief Operating Officer of RH and now founder of OBSESSED GROUP, this book is a raw and unfiltered look at what it actually takes to lead, to build, and to become a leader worth following.
This book isn’t advice.
It’s a mirror—held up to your highest potential and your lowest standards. It’s about obsession — the discipline to destroy what’s comfortable so you can create what’s possible.
In these pages, MacKay takes you inside the real war of leadership — the one fought in your mind, your habits, and your daily execution. Through short, poetic, high-impact chapters, he reveals the truths most leaders courage comes first — always.That simplicity is power.That being uncomfortable is not a byproduct of greatness, it’s the requirement.That your word is your work — and without follow-through, there is no leadership.Each chapter hits like a manifesto — stripped of fluff, built for speed, forged in the fire of lived experience.
You’ll feel the voice of a leader who’s been fired, rebuilt himself from nothing, and learned that real leadership starts the moment the excuses end.
This is a book for those who refuse mediocrity.
For those tired of pretending.
For those ready to stop chasing titles and start chasing truth.
It’s for the leader inside you — the one you’ve silenced with doubt, distraction, and fear.
You won’t find comfort here.
You’ll find clarity, conviction, and the courage to burn down what was so you can build what’s next.
OBSESSED isn’t meant to be read. It’s meant to be lived.
Written by Mike MacKay, former Chief Operating Officer of RH and now founder of OBSESSED GROUP, this book is a raw and unfiltered look at what it actually takes to lead, to build, and to become a leader worth following.
This book isn’t advice.
It’s a mirror—held up to your highest potential and your lowest standards. It’s about obsession — the discipline to destroy what’s comfortable so you can create what’s possible.
In these pages, MacKay takes you inside the real war of leadership — the one fought in your mind, your habits, and your daily execution. Through short, poetic, high-impact chapters, he reveals the truths most leaders courage comes first — always.That simplicity is power.That being uncomfortable is not a byproduct of greatness, it’s the requirement.That your word is your work — and without follow-through, there is no leadership.Each chapter hits like a manifesto — stripped of fluff, built for speed, forged in the fire of lived experience.
You’ll feel the voice of a leader who’s been fired, rebuilt himself from nothing, and learned that real leadership starts the moment the excuses end.
This is a book for those who refuse mediocrity.
For those tired of pretending.
For those ready to stop chasing titles and start chasing truth.
It’s for the leader inside you — the one you’ve silenced with doubt, distraction, and fear.
You won’t find comfort here.
You’ll find clarity, conviction, and the courage to burn down what was so you can build what’s next.
OBSESSED isn’t meant to be read. It’s meant to be lived.
302 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 16, 2025
About the author
Mike Mackay
9 books3 followersMike has always wanted to tell stories. Possibly due to his Scottish/Irish Heritage. These stories have taken many forms; novels, short stories, poems, and spoken. They are now seeing the light of day via his publisher
In his work as an independent contractor in the IT Industry, he has created businesses, owned a five-star game farm, a one-star pub, driven trucks for his horse transport business, worked for a gangster, made money, lost money and made it again...
In his work as an independent contractor in the IT Industry, he has created businesses, owned a five-star game farm, a one-star pub, driven trucks for his horse transport business, worked for a gangster, made money, lost money and made it again...
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