The Leader You Choose to Be: Straightforward Leadership Strategies I Learned by Working in Silicon Valley - Couverture souple

Vasquez, Ovidilio David

 
9780999612163: The Leader You Choose to Be: Straightforward Leadership Strategies I Learned by Working in Silicon Valley

Synopsis

In 2012 I was part of a large multi-level marketing business. One of the required books to read was a book called, “Skills With People.” The main reason I am mentioning this book at the very beginning of my book—is that that book was required reading for tens of thousands of distributors. The book was less than 25 pages long. The book was compelling and insightful. It was an easy read, and it was engaging. Every sentence contained lots of value. Anyone could pick up the book and be almost certain that they could have finished this book within an hour, no matter how slow they read. In this abridge written version of the insights I share, my goal is for your to gain these insights in less than an hour. True leaders recognize valuable information and share it to develop more leaders.

I have never been a big reader. Imagine being born and growing up on a tiny farm in the sugarcane fields of Central America. No electricity. Every day, I would be outdoors raising chickens, pigs, and animals on the farm owned by my grandmother. After sixth grade, I did not go to the seventh grade, and I went straight to work in the fields, harvesting mango, plating and cutting sugarcane, harvesting bananas, and working in several labor-heavy jobs under the hot, humid weather. No one in my family or community emphasized the importance of reading any books, maybe because there are no libraries around in a 20 miles radius. The book mentioned earlier seemed easy to read because of its size, so I read it several times.

The book you have in your hands now is not good—unless you go through it entirely, maybe even more than once. I made it short and to the point. I will share only the things that matter. Maybe one line or more will make it worth the investment in time into developing yourself personally and professionally through this book. Throughout, you will find ideas that will sparkle in your mind that could change your day, week, month, quarter, or an entire year in your career. You are about to learn the ideas and information; I discovered while working for some of the most globally recognized brands, such as Apple, Tesla, Salesforce, Uber, and a startup acquired by General Motors.

The organizations I mentioned have designed, distributed, and sold revolutionary technologies that have impacted millions of lives. Whether you think the effect is positive or negative—that is up to your perspective, but we cannot ignore the fact that they have experienced massive growth at a rapid pace. Therefore, everything you will learn here is designed to help you generate ideas and strategies to implement in your day-to-day professional life—maybe even in your personal life. You can create a future where you will see rapid growth and increase your chances for success, no matter what success.

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