Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Leader who had no title

     Just finished this book by one of my favorite author Robin Sharma.This book is about personal mastery and as the name suggests leading without title.The character Blake, who narrates the whole story is a salesman at a bookstore..He returns from the war and then faces the trauma and after war effects faced by the veterans.One fine morning he encounters his dead fathers friend Tommy, whose looks are sufficiently weird. The story starts from their and then Robin describes how Blake meets the four teachers and the principles they teach him.The book is about the philosophy of LWT , i.e. Lead Without Title.. One of  the interesting techniques used in the book is acronyms. The author gives acronyms for techniques that one has to learn to actually follow the principle.I think that is a very nice way of putting it as we can easily remember those.One of the things that Robin has in all his books is attention to details.He makes sure that we get all the details about the place, the person and the whole situation. That is something that helps us visualise the situation.When he introduces Tommy, he describes his appearsnce in detail, may that be the spngebob squarepants watch, mickey mouse handekerchief in his pocket or the LWT chain.

The four masters/teachers are excellent in their own fields and are succesful in their own terms.I wont give the the full form or the meaning of the acronym here..The book is a nice read and I would like you to read it and find out what those acronyms stand for!! Some of the sentences used in the book are really catchy and remain in your mind for a long time..

The four principles of reading without title are
1. You need no title to be a leader
2. Turbulent times build great leaders
3.The deeper your relationships, the stronger your leadership
4.To be a great leader, first become a great person

Let me leave you with acronyms, IMAGE, SPARK, HUMAN and SHINE..read the book and find it out yourself, what do they stand for!!

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