Greater Than Yourself - The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership by Steve Farber

I'm about to do something I very rarely do; recommend something I haven't finished reading yet.

I started Greater Than Yourself last night - and I love it. Of course, I'm not surprised because I loved and recommended Steve Farber's other great books The Radical Leap and The Radical Edge. Plus, Steve's blog has been a finalist in our Best of Leadership Blogs Contest two years in a row.

Because of my history with Steve, I knew I would like his third business parable. Because I haven't finished yet I can't yet tell you if it will be my favorite of the three, but I can tell you that the idea he shares is the most powerful.

In a "mostly fictional" account (that he describes in the Prologue) he teaches us the three tenets of Greater Than Yourself:

• Expand Yourself
• Give Yourself
• Replicate Yourself

His premise (with which I wholeheartedly agree) is that when we do these three things we are doing what all great leaders aspire to - making the world a better place.

If you like the business parable, you will love Steve's writing. Even if you haven't liked the genre in the past, try it again (and make it this one). If you aren't typically a big reader, this book will be a pleasant way to learn and think about a big concept - the concept of serving others to the degree that they become Greater Than Yourself.

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