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Dec 2016
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Why Great Leaders Are Devoted Readers

Robin Sharma
About this episode

I wanted to share with you 3 reasons why great leaders - the one's I've worked with, you know, many of the fortune 500 CEO's, billionaires, titans of industry, why great leaders really are devoted readers:

  1. Reading a book is nothing more than having a conversation with the author;
  2. Reading collapses the timeline;
  3. Reading sustains hope;

Thank you so much for following these Mastery Sessions, and sharing them with your friends, and your teammates, and I'll see you next time.

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