Most of It IS Bullshit #

Ever read one of the countless 250-300 page books on leadership, self-growth, or productivity? The ones which promise you to do 10 times more in 1/10th of the time, become superhuman, and lead your teams to greatness.

Here’s a secret: Most books should be 100 pages tops. Few ideas warrant more than 25,000 words. They aren’t shorter because of the publishing industry and our bias for “more is better.” A thicker book must have better content, right? Wrong. It’s fluff.

Most of the leadership books I have read are bullshit. The ideas aren’t new, original, or are just wrong. Bad for you, terrible for your team. Even when you find a worthwhile book, we fail to implement even one idea. How many productivity books have you read, only to move onto reading the next?

Get back to basics and do the right things right—consistently.