The playbook for being an intentional and impactful leader
Leaders look at the world in a special way
They have a fundamentally different mindset when it comes to their character traits, emotions, relationships, critical thinking, work and politics. I call this unique perspective the “leadership lens.” It is the difference between talkers and doers. Between victims and victors. Between those who feel trapped in mediocrity and those who achieve their biggest goals.
The Leadership Lens helps you see the world the way leaders do
This book will provide concise, pragmatic insights into how leaders think and act - their lens - from the ground up; and give you actionable advice on how to implement their strategies in your own daily life.
Based on extensive day-to-day interactions with leaders across the best companies in the world
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for
It will take a new kind of leadership to carry our families, communities, companies, and countries to a brighter and more productive future.
Students
Fast track your career in the new economy.
Entrepreneurs
Identify opportunities and execute on your vision more quickly and effectively.
Executives
Learn and adopt the critical mindset essential to success in this new era.
Part 01 is Out Now!
Learn how leaders…
Explicitly set their intention to think and act more effectively.
Carefully ask the right questions to learn and adapt quickly.
Cut through all but the most justified and immutable constraints to achieve their goals.
Avoid falling into victim mentality to ensure they never abandon their agency.
Cut through personal bias to develop an objective understanding of the world.
Listen carefully to hear the hidden meaning behind what people say.
Communicate clearly to influence the people and circumstances in their life.
Proactively increase their luck through simple techniques to take advantage of more opportunities in life.
Actively develop their wisdom through practical techniques to improve their decision making.
Coming later
Learn how leaders…
Part 02. Manage their emotions
Maintain a healthy amount of empathy without becoming paralyzed by feelings.
Feel more happiness and joy by carefully managing their expectations and experiences.
Use fear and anxiety to their advantage.
Avoid unnecessary anger and recrimination to spend their time more productively and effectively.
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Part 03. Demonstrate strong critical thinking
Seek the truth to avoid acting from false assumptions and false facts.
Speak truth to peers and power to avoid being complicit in bad thinking and bad outcomes.
Embracing other people’s truth to be a better friend and mentor.
Avoid Pessimism to ensure they maintain the critical level of optimism needed to achieve great things.
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Part 04. Develop strong relationships
Identify and remove toxic people from their lives to avoid self-doubt and sabotage.
Have good debates designed to create stronger relationships and determine more durable shared truths.
Set clear boundaries to free themselves from unnecessary obligations and pain.
Know when to step aside to let others have the experiences they need to have.
Develop and apply an unwavering sense of loyalty to develop a stronger personal and professional reputation.
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Part 05. Do important work
Finding a profession they love to do their best work.
Find a job that motivates them to help them learn and grow faster.
Develop their personal brand to maximize their credibility and income.
Maintain a healthy relationship with money to buy the things they want and need.
Own equity and build businesses to achieve financial freedom.
Lead happy and healthy teams to achieve their professional goals.
Create real value to push their company forward.
Drive innovation to push the industry forward.
Drive disruption to push the whole world forward.
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About the Author
Chris Saad is a serial entrepreneur. Over his 25-year career, he has assembled highly effective teams, developed and delivered several products to market, crafted respected brands, and built successful startups.
By the time he was 26, he had started a radio show, a web-strategy agency, a software company, and a tech startup in Australia. He then decided to move to Silicon Valley to take his entrepreneurial endeavors to the next level. It was amongst the tech world leaders that he would fully realize his potential as a technology trailblazer. Over the next ten years, he co-founded the DataPortability project, built a company that powered the social experiences for some of the world’s biggest media companies, and helped build the early product team for Uber.
His philosophy is a fusion of his diverse life experience. The entrepreneurial zeal of Middle Eastern immigrants. The grounding of Australian small-town values. The idealism and the big-picture thinking indicative of the sci-fi genre and the ambition and hustle of Silicon Valley.
Chris now travels the world, serving as a strategic advisor to companies of all sizes. He helps them avoid costly mistakes and fast-forward to the best possible answers as quickly as possible.
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Chris is available to work directly with a small number of companies.