Think and Grow Rich!

Ten leadership lessons by Napoleon Hill, from the book "Think and Grow Rich", viz;

• Unwavering courage: No follower wishes to be dominated by a leader who lacks self-confidence and courage. No intelligent follower will be dominated by such a leader for very long.
• Self Control: A man who cannot control himself can never control others. The follower often tends to emulate what his boss does, and thus self-control plays a major role.
• A keen sense of justice: Without a sense of fairness and justice, no leader can command and retain the respect of his followers.
• Definiteness of a decision: The man who wavers in his decisions shows that he is not sure of himself, and when is not sure of himself, he cannot lead others successfully.
• Definiteness of plan: A successful leader must plan his work, and work his plan. A leader who moves with guesswork, without the practical and definite plan is like a ship without a rudder. Sooner or later, he will land on the rocks.
• The habit of doing more than paid for: A leader stands out from the crowd from he does more than he requires of his followers!
• Pleasing personality: No slovenly, or careless person can become a successful leader. Leadership calls for respect. Followers will not respect a leader who does not grade high on all the factors of a pleasing personality.
• Sympathy and understanding: The successful leader must be in sympathy with his followers. Moreover, he must understand them and their problems.
• Willingness to assume full responsibility: A successful leader should be in the position to take all the responsibility for the mistakes and shortcomings of his followers. He will no longer remain a leader if he tries to shift the responsibility to his follower!
• Co-operation: A successful leader must understand and apply the principle of cooperative effort and be able to induce his followers to do the same. Leadership calls for Power, and power calls for co-operation!

This book is highly recommended for book lovers, and moreover for self-help book lovers.

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