I snagged a book from The Scolai the other day, the kind of book you don’t want to put down. I was shocked by the fact it was so well written and included real life philosophy that nearly everyone could adopt into their lives. Rarely does a book have such a profound impact on me that instead of just reading it I begin to almost study the words looking for the perfect application in my own life trying to eek every last syllable into some recess of my mind. I have already read the book three times since I borrowed it.
I am going to give a taste of two of my many favorite passages.
“When you break new earth, you’ll instantly be considered an outsider. You’re bound to meet lots of resistance from the old guard. When you create something new and unique, its harder for the old guys to dismiss and judge you by the same old unreliable standards.”
“Running an organization with an iron fist and by instilling the fear of failure just doesn’t work. To be productive and creative, your people need room to move, air to breathe, space to expand, and, most important, the opportunity and luxury to plain mess up once in a while. If you run your ship in a climate of fear, it breeds distrust, backstabbing, disharmony, and, worse, mutiny.”
If I didn’t know any better I would swear that the author had spent considerable time in the fire service with all of our twisted and contrary management philosophy.
The second one is sooo true.
May be he was public saftey because it applys to my dept. also.
Sounds like that book hit you as hard as it did me.