I finished Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell. I'm a big fan of his books (which I discovered through Dave Ramsey's recommended reading list). This book, I think needs to be read with The 21 Irrefutible Laws of Leadership by the same author. Basically, 21 Laws is the building blocks and Developing is the blueprint.
While it is mainly business oriented, it does have some good leadership reference toward marriage and biblical support statements (the author is a preacher after all). The great thing about this book is that with its stairstep outline on leadership, I can easily see where I am and even see which steps I might be trying to skip, because as the author points out, I cannot be a leader successfully if I skip steps.
It is a very quick read (I finished it in about 3 train trips which is about 3 hours, give or take) and written in a very conversational style.
I'd give it a 9 out of 10 as a stand alone book, but if it is read and used with the previously mentioned 21 Laws book, it is a 10 (I need both the blocks and the plan to the build)
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