Remarkable Reading #42: #ASKGARYVEE: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media and Self-Awareness by Gary Vaynerchuk and MULTIPLIERS: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown
The aim of this section Remarkable Reading is pay a tribute to the books that taught, share trends & insights into where our world in the 21st century is heading in a technology enabled world, and ask the right questions.
Bolded and italics quotes and references do not belong to myself and belong directly to the author. The focus is to share valuable insights and teachings from the book to win business for the authors.
MULTIPLIERS: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown is lucid, vivid and an extremely skilful and masterfully written about that helps us in understanding different types of business leaders we have in the workplace today, and essentially helps us to understand how we can bring out the best in either ourselves or our employees so that our companies succeed.
Two Trends we will be exploring are:
#ASKGARYVEE: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media and Self-Awareness by Gary Vaynerchuk is a profound new social media and marketing book that goes beyond being a social media marketing book by exploring in depth further details about the major changes happening to the business, education and employment landscape in today’s contemporary era. It delves into education, day-to-day business, start-up’s, innovations, and entrepreneurialism. The beauty of #ASKGARYVEE: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media and Self-Awareness is that is manages to not only educate, but entertain with high energy and super-zest learnings about today’s contemporary business environment. It offers nuggets of sagacity and smartness in a fast-growing area and does not shy away from touching on the larger pertaining issues. Gary Vaynerchuk offers a distinctive and golden sense and acumen in to social media, and much like the teachings of world renowned Guru Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk’s positive, energetic and optimistic writing style is a absolute winner. He manages to inspire, motivate, influence, lead and actuate, and the manner that he writes is accessible to students, first time employees, longer-term employees, youth, elderly, senior business leaders, and those who are simply blogging as a passionate hobby. He understands the power and potential of Social Media, and it is his rare prescience into areas such as smart wearables and smart clothing that ensures that Gary Vaynerchuk is a rare and unique writer in to the social media marketing world.
The beauty #ASKGARYVEE: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media and Self-Awareness it is a book that can be visited many times. It is scattered with bite-sized pieces of knowledge and information that continually upgrade us and our knowledge and understanding. His acuteness and sharp observation of changes not only with the youth, but with the elderly is remarkable and rare. Gary’s writing style is energetic, zestful, vibrant and has a core focus on ensuring the message is simple yet elegant.
As someone from New Zealand, I particularly liked his focus and mention of the New Zealand Wine trade and how it is a world-best.
Values, morals, ethics, passion, energy, and entrepreneurialism is the rare gem of a book called #ASKGARYVEE: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media and Self-Awareness by Gary Vaynerchuk. I would thoroughly recommend this book to any business leaders who have to deal with marketing, sales, business development & leadership in 2018 and yonder (and this is without delving into Gary’s YouTube video channel yet).
A few top take-out's include:
Page 3 - "I see a similar phenomenon in today's marketing world. At this point in my career I have sat down hundreds of times to meet with people claiming to be social media experts, only to discover they have gaping holes in their knowledge about the platforms and little idea of how they have changed over time"
Page 10 - "You, small New Zealand winery, need to become the authority of New Zealand food and wine. Put out written or video content on as many channels as you can and start talking. Talk about your product. Talk about your competitors. Talk about what goes with wine, and why we drink wine, and why New Zealand grows great wine grapes, and what to eat with wine. Talk wine, talk New Zealand, talk with passion, confidence, and expertise. There's room for everyone at your level. Become biger than you are"
Page 14 - "It's an exciting time to be an entrepreneur - heck to be a human being! - and I'm pumped at how many people are going out into the world with their ideas and their hustle"
Page 21 - "One of the hardest things about making your dream, or your small business, or your blog, or whatever is just doing it. Taking the first step can often be the only thing standing in your way, because once you start getting shit done, the momentum just carried you forward"
Page 35 - "The best way to stay indispensable is to stay ahead of your clients and always have something more to give"
Page 44 - "But I passionately, and emphatically believe that the American university system has lost it's value proposition in face of the speed and intensity of the time current business marketplace"
Page 46 - "But being able to repeat what you've learned, and being able to actually apply that learning to the real world are two totally different skills and I'm not sure your performance in any course can predict how well you'll do at the latter"
Page 76 - "I'm self-aware enough to know that I have a lot of talent, but it's my work ethic - my hustle - that has been a substantial backbone to my success. I will outwork anyone"
Page 78 - "Everyone has individual work ethics that affect their job performance, and ultimately, their success in life. This isn't to say that successful people don't have strong work ethics; any number of things in life can happen to make someone's life turn out the way it does. But while we all start-ouit with a baseline work ethic, how much we choose to push ourselves is fundamentally affected by whom we're working for"
Page 10 - "You, small New Zealand winery, need to become the authority of New Zealand food and wine. Put out written or video content on as many channels as you can and start talking. Talk about your product. Talk about your competitors. Talk about what goes with wine, and why we drink wine, and why New Zealand grows great wine grapes, and what to eat with wine. Talk wine, talk New Zealand, talk with passion, confidence, and expertise. There's room for everyone at your level. Become biger than you are"
Page 14 - "It's an exciting time to be an entrepreneur - heck to be a human being! - and I'm pumped at how many people are going out into the world with their ideas and their hustle"
Page 21 - "One of the hardest things about making your dream, or your small business, or your blog, or whatever is just doing it. Taking the first step can often be the only thing standing in your way, because once you start getting shit done, the momentum just carried you forward"
Page 35 - "The best way to stay indispensable is to stay ahead of your clients and always have something more to give"
Page 44 - "But I passionately, and emphatically believe that the American university system has lost it's value proposition in face of the speed and intensity of the time current business marketplace"
Page 46 - "But being able to repeat what you've learned, and being able to actually apply that learning to the real world are two totally different skills and I'm not sure your performance in any course can predict how well you'll do at the latter"
Page 76 - "I'm self-aware enough to know that I have a lot of talent, but it's my work ethic - my hustle - that has been a substantial backbone to my success. I will outwork anyone"
Page 78 - "Everyone has individual work ethics that affect their job performance, and ultimately, their success in life. This isn't to say that successful people don't have strong work ethics; any number of things in life can happen to make someone's life turn out the way it does. But while we all start-ouit with a baseline work ethic, how much we choose to push ourselves is fundamentally affected by whom we're working for"
MULTIPLIERS: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown is lucid, vivid and an extremely skilful and masterfully written about that helps us in understanding different types of business leaders we have in the workplace today, and essentially helps us to understand how we can bring out the best in either ourselves or our employees so that our companies succeed.
MULTIPLIERS: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown key strength is in shining and dazzling light on to what traits, characteristics and attitudes determine a Multiplier (leaders that amplify and inspire you to produce better results - the future of business) than Diminishers (leaders who drain capabilities and intelligence from their team members by trying to Diminish them).
Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown are brave,and arguably two of the most courageous and bravest business writers today in the world of business. If you are someone who either a) owns a company, is a senior leader, business owner or CEO or b) is a politician, or world leader then MULTIPLIERS: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter needs to be in your list of books to read for Boardroom report(s) to make direct and immediate change for your company in 2018.
It really nails it in terms of what issues the corporate world is facing today - too many Diminishers in business. If any business is to multiply revenue and business growth, foster and harness a culture of innovation and success it needs to have a very strong, stable, and cooperative team of Multipliers moving forward.
MULTIPLIERS: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter is succinct, sharp and very shrewd in terms of clearly articulating the exact and specific traits of both Multipliers and Diminishers so from the start there is no confusion in terms of who you are hiring in the future.
One of the simplest and easiest ways that Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown get the crucial point across is in the statement: Are you a genius (Diminisher) or a Genius Maker (Multiplier)? Do you enjoy lifting other people up? Or do you enjoy destroying and diminishing their confidence? The writing is clear - Diminishers have very limited use in today's corporate world, and our future leaders and CEO’s need to be Multipliers.
One of the other crucial elements in the success of MULTIPLIERS: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter is that it uplifts the reader at the same time as upgrading and educating them. Liz and Greg’s passion for the subject arena is evident, and their years of experience shines with Multipliers.
Top takeout’s include:
Page X, foreword: "The ability to extract and mutiply the intelligence that already exists in the organization is red hot relevant. Across industries and organizations of all kinds, leaders now find themselves in what David Allen has summarized as "new demands, insufficient resources"
Page xii - "I admire the world and insight in this book for several reasons. First, for the journalistic integrity and sheer tenacity required to analyze over 150 executive across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. The book is full of rich abnd vivid examples from all over the world"
Page 4 - "Some leaders make us better and smarter. They bring out intelligence. This book is about these leaders, who access and revitalize the intelligence in the people around them. We call them Multipliers. This book will show you why they create genius around them and make everyone smarter and more capable"
Page 10 - "We've all experienced these two types of leaders. What type of leader are you right now? Are you a genius? Or are you a genius maker?"
Page 29 - "The greatest power to these ideas might be in realizing that you have the mind of a Multiplier but that you've been living in a Diminisher world and you have lost your way. Perhaps you are an Accidential Diminisher"
Page 43 - "Among the Multipliers we studied in our research we found four active practices that together catalyze and sustain this cycle of attraction. These Talent Magnets: 1) Look for talent everywhere, 2) find people's native genius, 3) utilize people at their fullest, 4) remove the blockers. Let's look at each to understand what a talent magnet does to create genius in others"
Page 72 - "Tyrants create tense environments - one that is full of stress and anxiety. Liberators like Robert create an intense environment that required concentration, dilligence, and energy. it is an environment where people are encouraged to think for themselves but also where people experience deep obligation to do their best work"
Page 84 - "In studying Multipliers, I have often wondered, How smart do you have to be to be a Multiplier? The answer from Bill Campbell, chairman and former CEO of Intuit was perfect: "You have to be smart enough to learn"
Page 109 - "Multipliers understand the power of an opportunity. As Peter Block, consulting guru and author observed, "the most powerful work is done in response to an opportunity not in response to a problem"
Page 122-123 - "Diminishers often unintentionally shut down the intelligence of others. Most Diminishers have built their careers on their own expertise and have been rewarded for their superior knowledge. For many, it is not until they reach a career plateau or crisis - or the director of photography quits in the middle of filmmaking - they they begin to recognize that their base assumptions are inaccurate and are limiting themselves to and others"
Page 180 - "Multipliers have a core belief that people are smart and will figure things out. So it makes sense that they operate as Investors, giving ownership that keeps rolling back to other people. They invest the resources they need to grow a business and the people in it. They engage personally, offering their insight and guidance but they remember to give the pen back: when they are done so people remain accountable to deliver the expected returns"
Page 240 - "We didn't study the career trajectories of Diminishers and Multipliers themselves, but we did study the success of the people they worked around. We found that people and their careers thrived and became more successful around Multipliers than around Diminishers".
Page xii - "I admire the world and insight in this book for several reasons. First, for the journalistic integrity and sheer tenacity required to analyze over 150 executive across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. The book is full of rich abnd vivid examples from all over the world"
Page 4 - "Some leaders make us better and smarter. They bring out intelligence. This book is about these leaders, who access and revitalize the intelligence in the people around them. We call them Multipliers. This book will show you why they create genius around them and make everyone smarter and more capable"
Page 10 - "We've all experienced these two types of leaders. What type of leader are you right now? Are you a genius? Or are you a genius maker?"
Page 29 - "The greatest power to these ideas might be in realizing that you have the mind of a Multiplier but that you've been living in a Diminisher world and you have lost your way. Perhaps you are an Accidential Diminisher"
Page 43 - "Among the Multipliers we studied in our research we found four active practices that together catalyze and sustain this cycle of attraction. These Talent Magnets: 1) Look for talent everywhere, 2) find people's native genius, 3) utilize people at their fullest, 4) remove the blockers. Let's look at each to understand what a talent magnet does to create genius in others"
Page 72 - "Tyrants create tense environments - one that is full of stress and anxiety. Liberators like Robert create an intense environment that required concentration, dilligence, and energy. it is an environment where people are encouraged to think for themselves but also where people experience deep obligation to do their best work"
Page 84 - "In studying Multipliers, I have often wondered, How smart do you have to be to be a Multiplier? The answer from Bill Campbell, chairman and former CEO of Intuit was perfect: "You have to be smart enough to learn"
Page 109 - "Multipliers understand the power of an opportunity. As Peter Block, consulting guru and author observed, "the most powerful work is done in response to an opportunity not in response to a problem"
Page 122-123 - "Diminishers often unintentionally shut down the intelligence of others. Most Diminishers have built their careers on their own expertise and have been rewarded for their superior knowledge. For many, it is not until they reach a career plateau or crisis - or the director of photography quits in the middle of filmmaking - they they begin to recognize that their base assumptions are inaccurate and are limiting themselves to and others"
Page 180 - "Multipliers have a core belief that people are smart and will figure things out. So it makes sense that they operate as Investors, giving ownership that keeps rolling back to other people. They invest the resources they need to grow a business and the people in it. They engage personally, offering their insight and guidance but they remember to give the pen back: when they are done so people remain accountable to deliver the expected returns"
Page 240 - "We didn't study the career trajectories of Diminishers and Multipliers themselves, but we did study the success of the people they worked around. We found that people and their careers thrived and became more successful around Multipliers than around Diminishers".
I thoroughly advocate and endorse both these books for advancing and upgrading your skills and knowledge for a successful 2018. I have been privileged this year to have had the opportunity to read many remarkable marketing, market research, big data analytics, social media and mobile marketing as well as entrepreneurialism and innovation books in 2017 - and both MULTIPLIERS: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter and #ASKGARYVEE: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media and Self-Awareness have enhanced, customized and added to my knowledge further. Very rewarding experience and literature.
You can purchase a copy of MULTIPLIERS: How The Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter here, follow Greg McKeown on Twitter here, visit Greg McKeown's website here, follow Liz Wiseman on Twitter here, visit The Wiseman Group here, join Liz Wiseman's Leadership Network on LinkedIN here.
You can purchase a copy of #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness here, follow Gary Vaynerchuk on Twitter here, follow Vayner Media on Twitter here, visit Vayner Media's website here, listen to his Podcasts here, and view Gary Vaynerchuk's YouTube channel here.
Thank you,
Praz aka Prashant
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You can purchase a copy of MULTIPLIERS: How The Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter here, follow Greg McKeown on Twitter here, visit Greg McKeown's website here, follow Liz Wiseman on Twitter here, visit The Wiseman Group here, join Liz Wiseman's Leadership Network on LinkedIN here.
You can purchase a copy of #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness here, follow Gary Vaynerchuk on Twitter here, follow Vayner Media on Twitter here, visit Vayner Media's website here, listen to his Podcasts here, and view Gary Vaynerchuk's YouTube channel here.
Thank you,
Praz aka Prashant
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