Contrarians

I just finished Steven Sample’s book, The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership. I am not a leadership book reader normally. I find that leadership books can get bogged down in corporate speak that becomes cumbersome to read.

But The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership was as much about how to live the contrarian’s life as it was about how to be a good leader. Thinking gray, thinking free, artful listening, decision making, reading, and knowing which hill you are willing to die on are all aspects of most people’s lives; not just leaders.

For those of you who are into reading that kind of thing I highly recommend it.