Includes index.

"Published in partnership with SUCCESS."

Chapter 1. First things first: Decide who you are -- Chapter 2. The people business: Shine your light on others -- Chapter 3. Culture shock: Build on your strengths -- Chapter 4. Anchors to windward: Earn your position -- Chapter 5. Boom years: Focus on what you can control -- Chapter 6. Mortality: Develop a peaceful core -- Chapter 7: Decision: Be a lighthouse -- Chapter 8. The end of the world: Don't burn bridges -- Chapter 9: Independence day: Make your parents proud

In Real Leadership, author John Addison shares his straightforward practices for successful leadership through his personal and professional journey, helping leaders at any level understand and emulate the nine principles that fostered enduring results on his path to success. The perspectives and personal laws of success that he’s developed over decades of hard work and diligence boil down to the principles of living your best life. Because that, says Addison, is the essence of leadership: having the courage, honor, and integrity to live your true life, the one you were put here to live, and to do it in a way that makes the world a better place than it was before you got here. Addison's story shares his experiences--from small-town Southern boy to influential CEO--providing a riveting read that is down-to-earth and profound in its simplicity and honesty. His practical takeaway lessons will help you lead better in every aspect of your life. It’s the kind of leadership that others will follow over the long haul, through the good times and the bad, through the ups and the downs; it’s real leadership.

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