{"id":7251,"date":"2017-08-18T00:07:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=7251"},"modified":"2017-08-14T22:15:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T03:15:31","slug":"on-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=7251","title":{"rendered":"ON LEADERSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our oldest works for Deloitte in Dallas.\u00a0 He recently asked for my recommendations on books that tell about leaders who led even though they had limited resources.\u00a0 Here are my recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Founding Father: Rediscovering Geo. Washington<\/i> by Brookhiser<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What do you do when your soldiers are hungry, don’t have proper clothing\/shoes, and some have already deserted?\u00a0 Washington’s m.o. gives lots of practical help.<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Founding-Father-Rediscovering-George-Washington\/dp\/0684831422<\/a><\/p>\n

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Five Days in London: May 1940<\/i> by Lukacs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

How did Churchill convince Parliament and so many others that Hitler was a serious threat?\u00a0 Churchill was in a very small group who was concerned.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Five-Days-London-May-1940\/dp\/0300084668<\/a><\/div>\n
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Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness<\/i> by Shenk<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The title gives away the gist.\u00a0 Lincoln took a debilitating personal problem and used it for the good of the nation.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lincolns-Melancholy-Depression-Challenged-President\/dp\/0618773444<\/a><\/p>\n

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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey<\/i> by Millard<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After TR lost the election he took a trip deep into the Amazon jungle where he almost died.\u00a0 His group had to fight off Indians, deadly diseases, killer fish, all while losing their resources.\u00a0 Great story of how strong a leader TR was.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/River-Doubt-Theodore-Roosevelts-Darkest\/dp\/0767913736<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our oldest works for Deloitte in Dallas.\u00a0 He recently asked for my recommendations on books that tell about leaders who led even though they had limited resources.\u00a0 Here are my recommendations: Founding Father: Rediscovering Geo. Washington by Brookhiser What do you do when your soldiers are hungry, don’t have proper clothing\/shoes, and some have already […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership","category-learningeducation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7251"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7257,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7251\/revisions\/7257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}