The Right To Lead By John Maxwell | Book Review

The following is a review of a book I received from Booksneeze.

What gives a person the right to lead?

An advanced degree? Nope. Fancy title? No.

In short, you can’t be given the right to lead – you’ve got to earn it. You can’t make other people follow you. You’ve got to make yourself the kind of person others want to follow.

There are seven sections in this book, and each describes a leadership quality – a quality you must develop in order to earn the right to lead. They are action, vision, sacrifice, risk, determination, service, and integrity.

This is a great concise book that could be read in a single afternoon, or you could read a few pages a day to receive reminders and encouragement.

Here’s my favorite part of the book.

The late John Wooden is known as a man of character who was dedicated to excellence on the basketball court. Most people know that his dedication helped him coach UCLA to an unprecedented 10 NCAA championships.

But what people may not know is that John was just as dedicated off the court in his personal life as he was on the court.

On the 21st of each month, John would write a love letter to Nellie, his wife of 53 years. Then after he’d share his heart with her, he’d put the letter inside an envelope, and place it with all the other letters he’s written. In his lifetime, he wrote over 180 of those love letters.

The touching part about all of this is that all the letters remain unopened. Why? Because it’s been over 15 years since his dear wife passed away. Yet not a single month had passed that John hadn’t written to her.

Now that is an act of loyalty and commitment! Who wouldn’t want to follow a person like that?

If you’d like to read more inspiring stories from leaders like this, get your copy of The Right To Lead today.