Before You Give Up On Being A Leader - a podcast by Russ Ewell

Taking a snapshot from the best-selling biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ron Chernow Russ Ewell reflects on how leaders can be worn down and potentially squander their leadership potential. 

• This episode is based on an original idea called "10 Fears That Limit Our Leadership Potential," which became "Before You Give Up On Being A Leader."  Why change?  Simplicity and Clarity!


• You can find the post "Before You Give Up On Being A Leader" at Lead Different


• "Grant asked himself whether the price of leadership was worth the pain" is a central question explored.


• "The capacity for fear to limit our leadership potential is immense" is a idea explored


• There are references to Walt Whitman's poem "America" and how it connects to Langston Hughes poem "I, Too," which contains the proclamation and protest line, "I Too, am America."


• There is a reference to legendary Coach Vince Lombardi and his timeless observation that "Fatigue makes cowards of us all."  There is a great biography of Coach Lombardi called "When Pride Still Mattered."


• The Order of the Phoenix from the Harry Potter Film Series is referred to, the inspiring moment when Dumbledore with the help of Fawkes the Phoenix disappears in a blaze of fire.

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