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papidoc's review against another edition
2.0
Somewhat interesting, but ultimately insubstantial book on what the author calls "extreme leadership." It is a tale with a moral, a series of lessons. Like some I have read, it is not that I disagree with the author's views...I don't. Leadership in it's finest form is about love, service, sacrifice, and caring. Hopwever, the author does little more than make those points in the context of a mildly entertaining story. I read it (quickly) to evaluate whether to recommend it to my students. I won't.
jayegatsby's review against another edition
3.0
Read this for my upcoming Emerging Leaders conference next semester. I enjoyed reading this and I really liked the style it was written in. Quick read.
papi's review against another edition
2.0
Somewhat interesting, but ultimately insubstantial book on what the author calls "extreme leadership." It is a tale with a moral, a series of lessons. Like some I have read, it is not that I disagree with the author's views...I don't. Leadership in it's finest form is about love, service, sacrifice, and caring. Hopwever, the author does little more than make those points in the context of a mildly entertaining story. I read it (quickly) to evaluate whether to recommend it to my students. I won't.
rgombert's review
1.0
Another "business" piece of crap.
The author wants to illustrate a "business" philosophy, but he can not find any real world examples so he concocts this trite piece of fiction.
Could this be a more obvious Joseph Campbell rip-off?
I am surprised that the goal of successful businessmen are to retire and become lonely guru/mystic/philosophers dispensing wisdom to a few apprentices (padawans).
Several of these fictitious "business" books follow this same model. The goal is to become enlightened beach bums.
Save yourselves. Go pick up a good fiction story or a non-fiction book. Time much better spent.
The author wants to illustrate a "business" philosophy, but he can not find any real world examples so he concocts this trite piece of fiction.
Could this be a more obvious Joseph Campbell rip-off?
I am surprised that the goal of successful businessmen are to retire and become lonely guru/mystic/philosophers dispensing wisdom to a few apprentices (padawans).
Several of these fictitious "business" books follow this same model. The goal is to become enlightened beach bums.
Save yourselves. Go pick up a good fiction story or a non-fiction book. Time much better spent.
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