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31 Days to Becoming a Better Leader
Balance
Day #31 – Continuing Improvement
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. –Harry Truman
Read good books with a highlighter in your hand. Mark the passages that stand out. Put the book away and read others. Come back to this book sometime in the future and have a different color highlighter in your hand. Notice that you highlight different passages than you did previously. You are ready to learn something new that you weren’t ready to learn the last time you read that book. Repeat this periodically to learn new things and to remember what you have forgotten since the last reading.
Gather knowledge and apply the learning. Don’t just acquire facts uselessly. Practice what you learn and take notes in your journal about the results. Review your journal frequently and you will learn from yourself.
Leadership Resources *
Leadership Modules:
The Unbound Leader: Unlocking Your Inner Potential https://synervision.kartra.com/page/unboundleader
Books:
- Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions (Roberta Gilbert) http://amzn.to/HuEHlG
- Master Leaders: Revealing Conversations with 30 Leadership Greats (George Barna) http://amzn.to/HxjfLS
- Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life (Henry Cloud and John Townsend) http://amzn.to/HVFjQn
- As A Man Thinketh (James Allen) http://amzn.to/MQk1qD
- Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill) http://amzn.to/1teERAl
- Twist: How Fresh Perspectives Build Breakthrough Brands (Julie Cottineau) http://amzn.to/2cBWjx9
- Platform: How to Get Noticed in a Noisy World (Michael Hyatt) http://amzn.to/2cwxAxe
- Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature (Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrams) https://amzn.to/2UaUYBx
- Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche (Robert A. Johnson) https://amzn.to/2Ey6q4V
- Ask (Ryan Lesesque) http://amzn.to/2BNnT9e
Articles:
- Conducting Power-Packed Meetings: http://bit.ly/1e1SqeB
Websites and Articles:
- SynerVision Leadership Foundation: Community for Community Builders https://synervisionleadership.org
- Bowen Center (Bowen concepts) http://thebowencenter.org
- Sponsorships (IEG) http://sponsorship.com
- Six Challenges Facing the Nonprofit Sector (Notre Dame) http://bit.ly/2Eb5chG
- Five Challenges All Nonprofit Leaders Must Come To Terms With (Forbes) http://bit.ly/2nGYJkb
- 2011: The Year to Shape Up Nonprofit Boards (FastCompany) http://bit.ly/2Ea4Ovs
Tools:
- Evernote http://evernote.com
Videos:
- TED Talk, Dan Pallotta, “The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong.” http://bit.ly/29LyJOx
- TED Talk, Simon Sinek, “Begin with Why.” https://vimeo.com/108989093
* Links are affiliate links. Proceeds go to my nonprofit, SynerVision Leadership Foundation.
