Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts : How to Lead Like Your Life Depends on It

What if you learned that to lead well, you'd need to live like a drug addict? During treatment for drug addiction, Michael Brody-Waite learned three principles that became the difference between life and death: Practice rigorous authenticity Surrender the outcome Do uncomfortable work Leaving rehab, Michael entered the workplace where he was shocked to see most business leaders doing what he had been taught would kill him. He began to see striking similarities between drug addiction and what he calls "mask addiction." Leaders everywhere were hiding their authentic selves in order to get what they wanted. They were doing things like: Saying yes when they could say no Hiding their weaknesses Avoiding difficult conversations Holding back their unique perspectives Instead of chasing drugs, leaders were chasing professional, financial, and social success from behind a mask—to the detriment of themselves and the people around them. Thanks to his recovery, Michael's three principles gave him an unlikely competitive advantage throughout his career, resulting in a level of success unexpected for a "drug addict." In Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts , Michael explains what drug addicts do to recover and provides a step-by-step program you can use to break free from your mask addiction to thrive in both work and life. He equips you with the tools you need to live and lead mask-free—tools to enable you to stop following others, lead yourself, and become one of the dynamic, growing, authentic leaders this world desperately needs. Leaders are tired, stressed, and unfulfilled because they are unwittingly trapped in a cycle of inauthenticity. Inauthenticity is a career-breaking, soul-crushing addiction and its time for rehab. In our search to lead others, we have lost the ability to lead ourselves. This cycle of inauthenticity drives leaders to: * say Yes when they should say No * focus on things they cant control at the expense of things they can * cover or hide their weaknesses * avoid difficult conversations that could be beneficial * hold back their unique perspectives for fear of rocking the boat Author Michael Brody-Waite shares three simple principles that will allow leaders to break free from an addiction they may not even know they have: inauthenticity. These three principles not only literally saved his life from addiction, but they set him apart as a leader. When Michael was homeless and addicted to drugs, he was told that if he didnt master these principles, he would die at the age of 23: * practice rigorous authenticity * surrender the outcome * do uncomfortable work Armed with these principles and a new lease on life, Michael entered corporate America only to find a dynamic where professionals are conditioned to hide their authentic selves in order to succeed socially, professionally, and financially. This conditioning has infiltrated the way we all see ourselves, relate to our co-workers, friends, family, and how we conduct ourselves at work. Drawing on his twelve-step recovery Michael unpacks how these three principles saved him from death as an addict and set him apart as a leader and entrepreneur. In Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts , he teaches how any leader can master his Authentic Leadership System in order to become more successful in work and life. Join thousands of leaders who have learned his three principles, master his clear and simple system, and you, too, can become one of the dynamic, growing, and authentic leaders this world desperately needs.