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Summary: Some day more books will be written this way.
Review: Talking of dreams, magical moments with animals, following hunches and coincidences, dealing with the pains of personal history, talking about life as if it were an adventure story of wonder and self-discovery; you could say this is no way to write a book about business leadership. But thank goodness Joseph Jaworski, with the help of friends and a visionary editor, had the courage to do just that. Because the result is as profound as it is compelling. Dialogue is at the heart of Joe’s leadership philosophy, and the style and integrity of his writing is such that it draws the reader’s mind into just that state. His words are no dry treatise, they leave the page and make a direct emotional connection. Some day, more books will be written this way, and the world will be wiser for it.
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Summary: Live the dream to manifest in reality
Review: This book describes how people are hindered in their perception and appreciation of their world by their limiting beliefs and paradigmas. Jaworski describes his own personal development process, how this empowered him to lived his dream and how it manifested for him in reality in a poignant way.
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Summary: Awesome and Inspirational
Review: This book is not for those who aspire to be a leader. Rather, think of this book as the guidebook for a journey that connects you to life and culminates in the gift of leadership. From the forward from Peter Senge (which to me was best skimmed and reread midway through the book) to the last page, Truths were exposed and enjoyed. This book takes the premise that leading is serving and gives insight to the transformation we must make internally, not externally to become a leader. For me though, this book was not about leadership or developing leadership. It is a book that helps you understand life in a new context. Synchronicity becomes the goal and the added benefits of leadership qualities become more of an after-thought. Since reading the book and trying to consciously build in lessons from Joe in my life, I have seen remarkable changes in my life. It is still a journey not a destination, yet a more fulfilling journey.
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Summary: Misleading title...
Review: This book should carry the title "Autobiography of Joe Jaworski".
I bought the book because I wanted to know more about Jung's Synchronicity, it is not... I give it 2 stars as a book on synchronicity (for good articles check out the Namaste newsletters by Deepak Chopra) and 4 as a autobiography, that's why the 3 stars on average (no rocket science here).
The conversations with David Bohm are the parts I liked in particular. The rest is the story of a remarkable and impressive career.
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Summary: Misleading title...
Review: This book should carry the title "Autobiography of Joe Jaworski".
I bought the book because I wanted to know more about Jung's Synchronicity, it is not... I give it 2 stars as a book on synchronicity (for good articles check out the Namaste newsletters by Deepak Chopra) and 4 as a autobiography, that's why the 3 stars on average (no rocket science here).
The conversations with David Bohm are the parts I liked in particular. The rest is the story of a remarkable and impressive career.
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Summary: Woeful waste of Time
Review: This book was recommended to me by my mentee who is in business school. I had high hopes which remained just that... high hopes unfulfilled. There seems to be great potential in the beginning, but the author gets bogged down in retelling his own story (which he seems rather proud of despite accounts to the contrary in the introduction), and never truly gets his arms around 'the flow'. Just goes to show that some things you have to do, not read...
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Summary: disappointed...
Review: This book was suggested to me by a dear friend. Though, the concept of servant leadership is definitely strong, I am sure I don't want to read this book again to understand it...
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Summary: To Serve is To Lead
Review: This is a thoughtful book of Joseph Jaworski's heroic journey to find his professional destiny. Yes, he even offers a Joseph Campbell Model of the mythical journey. I enjoyed many of the resources and quotes offered. In addition Peter Senge offers a beautifully written comprehensive introduction that hits on the main points of the entire book. Perhaps the point that most resonated for me was the concept service and the desire to serve as being a critical aspect of leadership. So much about leadership is about strength, clarity, sometimes power. It is important that this strength, clarity and power be tempred by a desire to serve others and concepts larger than oneself. Enjoy.
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Summary: Read the books Jaworski refers to, not this one.
Review: While I was intrigued by the concepts presented in this book, I was so turned off by the author that I could barely get through it. Here's a guy who seems to have hit his mid-life crisis, while trying all his life to win his dad's affection AND escape his dad's shadow. Here's a guy who has lived such an egotististcal, materialistic, shallow, self-absorbed lifestyle that seeing an ermine doing its usual thing in a natural setting blows him away. Or having a conversation with a woman when he's not working on getting the 'physcial angle' is actually rewarding and enjoyable (see what can happen when you stop looking at women as objects??). Who views his wife leaving him 'suddenly' as a crisis, when his entire lifestyle seems to have forgotten her and left her to sustain their marriage and family while he was out carousing with The Boys. Joe, how many names can you drop in one paragraph? How many 'large new homes' can you buy when you're experiencing synchronicity? Was there anything else besides how gorgeous your new wife was that attracted you to her in the airport while you were experiencing the conciousness of mankind? This book seems to be a repetitive aggregation of everyone else's meaningful work on the topic --dialogue for the pure enjoyment of it. As Joe mentioned himself, it happens a lot when people get together, get to know and respect each other, and work towards a goal that is mutually meaningful. I could have gotten through the book it had been focused more on the leadership concepts rather than Joe. I would have given this book a rating of ZERO stars if that was an option. If this is all it takes to write a book, well, I'm going to get writing. Read Bohm's or Greenleaf's works instead.
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