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Transformational Leadership: * Lot's of people talk about it, not many people live it. It's not sexy, soft, or easy.
The truth is, transformational leadership is simple, but really hard. Most of the people we work with across many different disciplines tell us the same thing, "I didn't know there was another way." In this book we share stories and tools to equip you for the journey, and help you become the transformational leader you know in your gut you were meant to become. This book isn't for everyone, but it might just be for you.
264 pages, Paperback
Published February 11, 2015
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December 22, 2020
I really enjoyed this book. It was a good mixture of leadership, sports, religion, being a better person, working in the dark and going through defeat in order to be a better person. I’ve always been a results oriented person but this book helped open my eyes to trusting in the process in order to develop and establish longer term results and becoming a multiplier of other leaders.
Things I didn’t like about the book was sometimes too deep of a dive in to religion, and I would have liked more complex examples of what to do, instead of just what not to do. Example - your team isn’t listening - you shouldn’t yell at them because that just appeases your need to vent and release anger, but what should you do and how do you fight the urge to do it again in the future?
Overall a great read, and it encourages me to get off of the hamster wheel, stop always having tunnel vision toward the end goal, and just enjoy the journal and enjoy what I do have, my family, my life, my youth, my health, my experiences, stop focusing on the promotion, the expensive watch, etc.
Things I didn’t like about the book was sometimes too deep of a dive in to religion, and I would have liked more complex examples of what to do, instead of just what not to do. Example - your team isn’t listening - you shouldn’t yell at them because that just appeases your need to vent and release anger, but what should you do and how do you fight the urge to do it again in the future?
Overall a great read, and it encourages me to get off of the hamster wheel, stop always having tunnel vision toward the end goal, and just enjoy the journal and enjoy what I do have, my family, my life, my youth, my health, my experiences, stop focusing on the promotion, the expensive watch, etc.
October 27, 2019
Really good book, one that i re-read from the beginning because i wanted to do the train to be clutch assignments. This is a book that really changed my approach to books. I read to read but I started to try to learn more than just to read. I started doing the assignments and rally started to get more out of the book.
This book has so much to offer. I found myself highlighting so much of the book. I could see myself reading this book. As a matter of fact there are some assignments i need to go back to and complete.
Quotes:
1- SOME PEOPLE WEAR “busyness” like a badge of honor.
2- You CHOOSE your schedule every day. You CHOOSE what you will ignore every day. You CHOOSE what you will give your time to every day.
3- goals are something you achieve; a dream or mission is who you become.
4- With our team at UCLA we do an exercise before practice every day called, One Breath One Mind, which is an exercise Phil Jackson had his teams do for similar purposes. We all hold hands in a circle and take deep breaths in and out while focusing on one word for the day. One person counts out the seconds so we know how long to breathe in and to sync up our breathing. We do this exercise for about two minutes.
5- “The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcomes.”
6- “Is that really your dream, or is that just how you define success in your sport?”
7- We become the people we train to be.
8- We are afraid to stand out for the right reasons, and therefore we pursue fitting in for the wrong reasons.
9- But years from now, if you look your son or daughter in the face and tell them to give everything they have, you better have modeled it for them.
10- You’ve got to remember autonomy is not just about the skill, it’s about developing the belief in those you lead that you trust them and that they can trust their training.
11 - “When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as “rootless and stemless.” We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed. When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don’t condemn it as immature and underdeveloped; nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process taking place and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development. The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change; yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.”—Timothy Gallwey, From the Inner Game of Tennis
12- “Ambition and contentment are not opposites, but we often make the mistake of thinking that they are incompatible. On the one hand, experts tell us that we should be mindful, focused on the present, and content with our lives regardless of the results. On the other hand, coaches and champions tell us that successful people out-work everyone else, that we must never be satisfied, and that complacency is undesirable. The rose seed, however, is both content and ambitious. As Gallwey says, at no point are we dissatisfied with the current state of the rose seed. It is perfectly all right at each moment. Yet, it is also incredibly ambitious. The rose seed never stops growing. It is constantly seeking to get to the next level. Every day it is moving forward, and yet, every day it is just as it should be.”6 -James Clear
13 - “ I love you too much to allow you to make a choice like that and get away with it. You are going to make mistakes as we go but I trust that you will learn and grow from it. Come back tomorrow and get back to work.”
14- Stop begging and pleading for people to join your mission. Do cool stuff. Put first things first. Be confident in your mission. You just might start attracting people you only dreamed of having on your team.
15- Talk to yourself the way Jesus is talking to you. If it isn’t love, grace, encouraging, and uplifting, then it isn’t from Him. Imagine what days would look like if you talked to yourself the way he talks to you.
This book has so much to offer. I found myself highlighting so much of the book. I could see myself reading this book. As a matter of fact there are some assignments i need to go back to and complete.
Quotes:
1- SOME PEOPLE WEAR “busyness” like a badge of honor.
2- You CHOOSE your schedule every day. You CHOOSE what you will ignore every day. You CHOOSE what you will give your time to every day.
3- goals are something you achieve; a dream or mission is who you become.
4- With our team at UCLA we do an exercise before practice every day called, One Breath One Mind, which is an exercise Phil Jackson had his teams do for similar purposes. We all hold hands in a circle and take deep breaths in and out while focusing on one word for the day. One person counts out the seconds so we know how long to breathe in and to sync up our breathing. We do this exercise for about two minutes.
5- “The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcomes.”
6- “Is that really your dream, or is that just how you define success in your sport?”
7- We become the people we train to be.
8- We are afraid to stand out for the right reasons, and therefore we pursue fitting in for the wrong reasons.
9- But years from now, if you look your son or daughter in the face and tell them to give everything they have, you better have modeled it for them.
10- You’ve got to remember autonomy is not just about the skill, it’s about developing the belief in those you lead that you trust them and that they can trust their training.
11 - “When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as “rootless and stemless.” We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed. When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don’t condemn it as immature and underdeveloped; nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process taking place and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development. The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change; yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.”—Timothy Gallwey, From the Inner Game of Tennis
12- “Ambition and contentment are not opposites, but we often make the mistake of thinking that they are incompatible. On the one hand, experts tell us that we should be mindful, focused on the present, and content with our lives regardless of the results. On the other hand, coaches and champions tell us that successful people out-work everyone else, that we must never be satisfied, and that complacency is undesirable. The rose seed, however, is both content and ambitious. As Gallwey says, at no point are we dissatisfied with the current state of the rose seed. It is perfectly all right at each moment. Yet, it is also incredibly ambitious. The rose seed never stops growing. It is constantly seeking to get to the next level. Every day it is moving forward, and yet, every day it is just as it should be.”6 -James Clear
13 - “ I love you too much to allow you to make a choice like that and get away with it. You are going to make mistakes as we go but I trust that you will learn and grow from it. Come back tomorrow and get back to work.”
14- Stop begging and pleading for people to join your mission. Do cool stuff. Put first things first. Be confident in your mission. You just might start attracting people you only dreamed of having on your team.
15- Talk to yourself the way Jesus is talking to you. If it isn’t love, grace, encouraging, and uplifting, then it isn’t from Him. Imagine what days would look like if you talked to yourself the way he talks to you.
July 14, 2018
I have now read about 15 leadership books. From reading all of these books I am improving and starting to put some of the ideas together to form my own ideas. Then I read this book. 25% of this book put my thoughts into words - great insight! Another 25% was almost useless. And 50% was the normal leadership stuff.
August 15, 2018
Great!
This book is well written and offers a wide variety of workable advice for all types of leaders or future leaders. I especially like the suggestions for other resources at the end of most chapters.
This book is well written and offers a wide variety of workable advice for all types of leaders or future leaders. I especially like the suggestions for other resources at the end of most chapters.
July 9, 2023
Three things I didn’t love:
- The writing is very simple - easy to read through pages in no time but with not much content.
- There are some lessons but not many.
- The random connections to Jesus and religion don’t make sense.
Very disappointing
- The writing is very simple - easy to read through pages in no time but with not much content.
- There are some lessons but not many.
- The random connections to Jesus and religion don’t make sense.
Very disappointing
April 10, 2021
I'm sad to give it such a low score because there are real tidbits of good information but oh God the writing style... I wouldn't have finished it if it weren't required for a class.
May 23, 2021
I love this book. I read about 2 chapters at a time and journaled with it. Some chapters are duplicates from his other books.
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