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100 Ways to Succeed #79:

Kindness. Always.

Take the time! Listen! Increase your self-awareness of the "great, unseen battles" that most of your mates are fighting. Show consideration and humanity ... and, per Philo, "kindness."

Your reward will be a better-functioning and more productive team—and points as a thoughtful human being who, in appropriate circumstances, can call herself-himself a true leader.

Tom Peters posted this on 12/19/06.

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Have you read â€˜Shackleton's Way?â€™

http://www.amazon.com/Shackletons-Way-Leadership-Antarctic-Explorer/dp/0142002364/sr=8-1/qid=1166569629/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8447487-6532051?ie=UTF8&s=books

I am half way through it - inspiring.

The â€˜stand outâ€™ point about Antarctic Explorer Ernest Shackletonâ€™s leadership is his total â€˜careâ€™ for his followers. Nothing was too much trouble for him. One of his followers is asked - How did you survive? His answer - one word â€“ â€˜Shackleton.â€™

â€˜Shackletonâ€™s Wayâ€™ â€“ a must read

Posted by Trevor Gay at December 19, 2006 6:11 PM

Dear Tom,

Thanks for the inspiration. Merry X'mas to you.

Best wishes, for your health and happiness.

Sincerely,
Namith.

Posted by Namith at December 22, 2006 12:10 AM

Trevor, also in the British pantheon Nelson was a sailor's sailor and Monty was a soldier's soldier.

I think that was also true of Napoleon. And it was surely true of my American hero, Grant.

Posted by tom peters at December 22, 2006 6:22 AM

Great names Tom - thanks.

People are always more important than process so why in management section of bookshops do we find so many books about process and so few books about people? To me it is no brainer but then I am but a simple thinker :-)

Posted by Trevor Gay at December 22, 2006 1:59 PM