"The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader"

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This paper is a review and critique of the John C. Maxwell book "The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader". The author of this paper discusses Maxwell's writing, calling it effective and rich with compelling examples. The author agrees that the "indispensable" qualities Maxwell outlines are extremely important to leadership, but doubts whether any one person could posses them all. The paper concludes with the author's opinion that Maxwell missed out on one of the most important qualities --recognizing one's own weaknesses.

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"Two qualities that impacted me while reading the book were focus and initiative. Every day we see successful people on television or in the newspaper or we come into contact with them in our daily lives. It is easy to look at these people and imagine ourselves as being as successful as they are. Although some of these people may not have the best character, they might not be the best listeners, and they might not all be easy to get along with, one thing that truly successful people all seem to have is initiative and focus. This is because in order to accomplish anything in life, you must take the first step toward accomplishing it. The world is full of people who want to have success who have a clear vision of what that success is. However, most of them do not have the initiative to start on the road toward accomplishing that success. Once you start on that road, it is even more difficult to stay focused and follow it through to the end. The world is also filled with distractions and people vying for your time. This is why I found these two traits to be the most important ones Maxwell has presented."

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