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The Best Advice Ever for Leaders
Andrews McMeel Publishing – 2002 (163 pages in hardback)
Author Wess
Roberts, Ph.D.
ISBN 0-7407-2202-6
Wess Roberts is best known
for his previous best-selling book, Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun.
Perhaps to use the title of “author” for The Best Advice Ever for
Leaders is a slight overstatement. What Wess has
done is to compile a book of over 800 quotes that he feels will help the reader
to discover and develop the various traits of leadership. Many books of
quotations have been written in the past. However, Wess
has created one especially for leaders. Thoughtful,
and some rather unique quotations are offered on various topics from accountability
through worry.
The main purpose of the book is to examine
the opinions of a vast array of leaders that transcend geography, cultural and
historical boundaries. As the author states in his introduction, “The Best
Advice Ever for Leaders takes this approach by collecting ideas from a vast
range of leaders from virtually every walk of life, every part of the world,
and every era of human history.” The goal of this book is to study leadership
with an open mind, knowing that not every quotation is meaningful to
every circumstance, place or time.
You will find quotations from
individuals as diverse as Lao-tzu, Mark Twain, Lee Iacocca, Irving Berlin and
George Washington. Special credit should also be given to Wess
Roberts for providing footnotes after each quote to help us understand who the
individual was, and a small segment about their life, so we can put their
quotations in a balanced perspective. Most of these quotations are rare and
seldom to be found in other publications. Here is an example under the topic of
Disposition…
“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with
others.”
-Robert
Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish essayist, poet,
and novelist. Stevenson was called to the
Scottish bar but
never practiced law. He is the author of Dr.
Jekyll and
Mr.
Hyde, Kidnapped and
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