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The End of Greatness

Author : Aaron David Miller
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1137464461
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The End of Greatness written by Aaron David Miller and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Presidency has always been an implausible—some might even say an impossible—job. Part of the problem is that the challenges of the presidency and the expectations Americans have for their presidents have skyrocketed, while the president's capacity and power to deliver on what ails the nations has diminished. Indeed, as citizens we continue to aspire and hope for greatness in our only nationally elected office. The problem of course is that the demand for great presidents has always exceeded the supply. As a result, Americans are adrift in a kind of Presidential Bermuda Triangle suspended between the great presidents we want and the ones we can no longer have. The End of Greatness explores the concept of greatness in the presidency and the ways in which it has become both essential and detrimental to America and the nation's politics. Miller argues that greatness in presidents is a much overrated virtue. Indeed, greatness is too rare to be relevant in our current politics, and driven as it is by nation-encumbering crisis, too dangerous to be desirable. Our preoccupation with greatness in the presidency consistently inflates our expectations, skews the debate over presidential performance, and drives presidents to misjudge their own times and capacity. And our focus on the individual misses the constraints of both the office and the times, distorting how Presidents actually lead. In wanting and expecting our leaders to be great, we have simply made it impossible for them to be good. The End of Greatness takes a journey through presidential history, helping us understand how greatness in the presidency was achieved, why it's gone, and how we can better come to appreciate the presidents we have, rather than being consumed with the ones we want.

Rise to Greatness

Author : David Von Drehle
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 080507970X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Rise to Greatness written by David Von Drehle and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles Abraham Lincoln's success at turning the Civil War to the North's favor during the year of 1862.

The End of Everything

Author : Katie Mack
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982103558
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The End of Everything written by Katie Mack and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mack looks at five ways the universe could end, and the lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology. --From publisher description.

Something Beyond Greatness

Author : Judy Rodgers
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0757307817
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Something Beyond Greatness written by Judy Rodgers and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the authors' journeys throughout the world in search of lesser-known people who embody greatness, offering insight into the character qualities and choices that enable greatness including seeing others with love and acting from the heart. Original. 20,000 first printing.

In the Shadow of Greatness

Author : Joshua Weston Welle
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612511392
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of Greatness written by Joshua Weston Welle and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings Magazine Their stories needed to be told. And classmates working together, under a blanket of trust and friendship, was the only way to allow people to open up. It was a three year journey into the hearts and souls of America’s youngest heroes to gather these important historical accounts, but it was worth every hour spent. Inside this book are the voices the first Annapolis graduates into a decade of war and they remind us that America is in good hands. They were walking to class on 9/11, wearing Naval Academy “summer working blues”, when the towers were struck. The campus went to general quarters, battle stations. They would be the first class after this attack to graduate into a nation at war and would be faced, like so many past graduates, of rising to the challenge to keeping America great. President Bush and Vice President Cheney articulated a world at the crossroads, and the U.S. would preemptively in seek enemies who threatened the national interest, America would not again be terrorized. In the Shadow of Greatness addresses issues that go beyond one USNA class, it explains the trials of most military veterans of this era. Understanding how a young person enlists to serve, deploys to the fight, and returns home is unknown to most Americans. Veterans pack up their uniforms, but never lose the call for service when the return to civilian society. The profiles in this book represent the “Next Great Generation” of American leaders. Men and women who lost their innocence in battle and their youths to a decade of deployments, throughout which they never gave up hope. In exchange for down range scars, they gained an unbreakable sense of purpose to America’s ideals—freedom, equality, and democracy. The compilation is the most authentic and raw narrative to emerge from the Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond. The reader enjoys a spectrum of stories, each patriotic and honorable. The narratives are meant to inspire, educate, and reveal a world many don’t understand. Its contents are readable and easy to appreciate. The Class of 2002—and more broadly, the one million veterans of the Long War—are America’s leaders of tomorrow. Read this book to learn what they endured and why they are prepared.

Lift

Author : Ryan W. Quinn
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1626564027
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Lift written by Ryan W. Quinn and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as the Wright Brothers combined science and practice to finally realize the dream of flight, Ryan and Robert Quinn combine research and personal experience to demonstrate how to reach a psychological state that elevates us and those around us to greater heights of achievement, integrity, openness, and empathy. It's the psychological equivalent of aerodynamic lift, and it is the fundamental state of leadership. This book draws on recent advances in positive psychology and organizational science to describe four questions that, when asked in any situation, will help us experience the fundamental state of leadership. Engaging personal stories illustrate how the Quinns and others have applied these concepts at work, at home, and in the community. --

Greatness

Author : Steven F. Hayward
Publisher : Forum Books
ISBN 13 : 0307237192
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Greatness written by Steven F. Hayward and published by Forum Books. This book was released on 2006-10-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unexplored Connections Between Two of History’s Greatest Leaders Ronald Reagan and Winston Churchill were true giants of the twentieth century, but somehow historians have failed to notice the many similarities between these extraordinary leaders. Until now. In Greatness, Steven F. Hayward–who has written acclaimed studies of both Reagan and Churchill–goes beneath superficial differences to uncover the remarkable parallels between the two statesmen. In exploring these connections, Hayward shines a light on the nature of political genius and the timeless aspects of statesmanship–critical lessons in this or any age.

Surround Yourself with Greatness

Author : Chad Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781606411957
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Surround Yourself with Greatness written by Chad Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three- time Pro Bowl tight end Chad Lewis says

Ordinary Greatness

Author : Pamela Bilbrey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470524855
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Ordinary Greatness written by Pamela Bilbrey and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to leverage ordinary greatness to create a competitive advantage for any organization Enabling readers to maximize leadership skills, no matter the venue, Ordinary Greatness helps those who are in leadership positions to optimize their organizational results by improving their ability to recognize and create greatness in those who they lead. Featuring real-world stories, this practical guide helps readers relate to both famous and everyday heroes and shows leaders how to improve their immediate environment. In addition, actionable tips and insights are included to equip business leaders to remove the blinders that keep them from seeing their organization's ordinary greatness. Pamela Bilbrey and Brian Jones are organizational consultants, executive coaches, and international speakers and workshop facilitators

Greatness

Author : Don Yaeger
Publisher : Center Street
ISBN 13 : 0892968575
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (929 download)

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Download or read book Greatness written by Don Yaeger and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GREATNESS is a motivational book whose target audience is found in business and self-help. It is a life book, aimed at inspiring others to achieve their personal and professional best. Opening with an in-depth discussion of the nature of Greatness-what it is, what it is not, and why it is worth pursing-each subsequent chapter of the book consists of a detailed story illustrating one aspect of Greatness with examples from the sports greats that Don has interviewed over the years. This will be followed by a discussion and other related examples. There are also practical tips and plans for assisting the reader in implementing new habits, routines, practices, and philosophies of Greatness into his or her daily life. As each characteristic is outlined, the reader is challenged to look for areas in his or her professional and personal lives that can be improved by embracing these lessons. As Don often says during his speeches, "Though these characteristics are culled from some of the greatest winners in sports, not a single one requires you to be able to touch your toes! These iconic figures in sports have provided a classroom for us to learn about their pursuit of Greatness. You don't have to be good at sports - heck, you don't even have to like sports - to benefit from their lessons." It is the strong belief of those who Don has talked to over the years that greatness is available to all of us. Not in the same way or on the same field, mind you. But we all have the capacity to achieve greatness if we'll give the same dedication to these characteristics as do the winners presented and interviewed in GREATNESS.

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned

Author : Kenneth O. Stanley
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319155245
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned written by Kenneth O. Stanley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does modern life revolve around objectives? From how science is funded, to improving how children are educated -- and nearly everything in-between -- our society has become obsessed with a seductive illusion: that greatness results from doggedly measuring improvement in the relentless pursuit of an ambitious goal. In Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned, Stanley and Lehman begin with a surprising scientific discovery in artificial intelligence that leads ultimately to the conclusion that the objective obsession has gone too far. They make the case that great achievement can't be bottled up into mechanical metrics; that innovation is not driven by narrowly focused heroic effort; and that we would be wiser (and the outcomes better) if instead we whole-heartedly embraced serendipitous discovery and playful creativity. Controversial at its heart, yet refreshingly provocative, this book challenges readers to consider life without a destination and discovery without a compass.

The School of Greatness

Author : Lewis Howes
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1623365961
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book The School of Greatness written by Lewis Howes and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a career-ending injury left elite athlete and professional football player Lewis Howes out of work and living on his sister’s couch, he decided he needed to make a change for the better. He started by reaching out to people he admired, searching for mentors, and applying his past coaches’ advice from sports to life off the field. Lewis did more than bounce back: He built a multimillion-dollar online business and is now a sought-after business coach, speaker, and podcast host. In The School of Greatness, Howes shares the essential tips and habits he gathered in interviewing “the greats” on his wildly popular podcast of the same name. In discussion with people like Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson and Pencils of Promise CEO Adam Braun, Howes figured out that greatness is unearthed and cultivated from within. The masters of greatness are not successful because they got lucky or are innately more talented, but because they applied specific habits and tools to embrace and overcome adversity in their lives. A framework for personal development, The School of Greatness gives you the tools, knowledge, and actionable resources you need to reach your potential. Howes anchors each chapter with a specific lesson he culled from his greatness “professors” and his own experiences to teach you how to create a vision, develop hustle, and use dedication, mindfulness, joy, and love to reach goals. His lessons and practical exercises prove that anyone is capable of achieving success and that we can all strive for greatness in our everyday lives.

Greatness

Author : Dean Keith Simonton
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9780898622010
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Greatness written by Dean Keith Simonton and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1994-05-21 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This path-breaking work offers the first comprehensive examination of the important personalities and events that have influenced the course of history. It discusses whether people who go down in history are different from the rest of us and whether specific personality traits predispose certain people to become world leaders, movie stars, scientific geniuses, and athletes. It sheds light on the depth of potential in everyone, yielding important clues as to how we can take advantage of our own individual personality traits. Probing the lives of a range of important figures, the book explores the full range of phenomena associated with greatness, scrutinizing the significance of everything from genetic inheritance, intuition, aesthetic appreciation, and birth order, to formal education, sexual orientation, aging, IQ, and alcohol and drug abuse. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in the people and events that have helped shape the world, including mental health professionals and scholars studying psychological topics in the larger context of science, art, politics, and history. The book also serves as an engaging text for undergraduate psychology courses.

The Lure of Greatness

Author : Anthony Barnett
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783524545
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book The Lure of Greatness written by Anthony Barnett and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016 two surprising explosions of popular contempt for the existing order drove Britain into Brexit and paved the way for Trump’s presidency of the United States. On both sides of the Atlantic, proud regimes with global pretensions were levelled by justifiable revolts. But in the name of self-government, Brexit and Trump will intensify the authoritarian traditions of their outdated political systems. The Lure of Greatness is a blistering account of how and why this happened. The shadow of Iraq, the great financial crash, campaigns of poison and intrigue, the filleting of David Cameron with the cold fury of a Remain voter... these are just the start. At the book’s heart is the story of the institutional and constitutional implosion of the United Kingdom, the farce of ‘the sovereignty of parliament’, a passionate account of English nationalism and the absurdity of the ever-increasing and insidious influence of the Daily Mail. What emerges is a compelling summary of an EU in crisis, the fateful absence of a viable left alternative, the normality of immigration – all of which frame the reasons for the triumph of Leave. Anthony Barnett, co-founder of openDemocracy, applies a lifetime of observing, reporting and sedition in this searing analysis of the two great democratic disasters of our time.

I See Greatness in You

Author : Larry Ragland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951648367
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book I See Greatness in You written by Larry Ragland and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an amazingly insightful, compelling, and uplifting read because it gives personal examples from author Larry Ragland's life, pouring out encouragement to every Christian reader at any age. This encouragement enlightens and motivates the reader to shine forth the Greatness that God has put in his or her life. Larry Ragland writes a compelling memoir about his life, threading a message throughout the book about how God led him successfully through childhood rejection, legal indictments, church location struggles, health issues, and even marriage problems just exactly as God triumphantly led the Bible characters of old miraculously through their wilderness of tragedies, pain, sorrows, challenges, and intrigue to bring out the greatness in them, so He did in Larry's life, and so He wants to do in you, the reader too! Larry Ragland has over 30 years of experience in local church ministry. Alongside his wife Sandy and their two daughters, he founded Solid Rock in Birmingham, Alabama. Together they have pastored the same church for 30 years. He has preached the Gospel in several states and many countries. Larry is reaching the world through his books, online videos, podcasts, and digital courses. In 1996 he founded Ambassadors Bible College, which has equipped and credentialed church planters, pastors, and missionaries around the world. Larry is also the Founder and Director of Ambassadors Network (a network of local churches, pastors, missionaries, and leaders). His passion is to lead leaders and equip this generation to be a voice of influence on our culture and world.

The Science of Greatness

Author : Kimberly Fitten
Publisher : KS Media and Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780578192710
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Greatness written by Kimberly Fitten and published by KS Media and Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-13 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take the GUESSWORK out of finding YOUR REASON FOR EXISTING! How do we live life to the fullest? By finding what we love and being nothing short of amazing while doing it! Does life seem like one big CONFUSING science experiment or math equation that cannot be FIGURED OUT? Do you desire to achieve GREATNESS but no one to help you access it? Having trouble finding a community who understands your unique PURPOSE? The Science of Greatness takes an EXCITING, INNOVATIVE and EASY approach to help answer life's toughest questions. This interactive self-discovery tool challenges traditional thinking concerning GREATNESS and PURPOSE. At the end of this book, you will be stocked with the formulas you need to achieve the success you deserve.

Good to Great

Author : Jim Collins
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0066620996
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Good to Great written by Jim Collins and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-10-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? The Study For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? The Standards Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck. The Comparisons The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good? Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't. The Findings The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include: Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence. A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap. “Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.” Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings?