Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership
- Author
- Steven B. Sample
- Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 208
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: The former USC president’s short, deliberately counterintuitive leadership book — on thinking gray, reading in the original, and not deciding early.
Where I saw it: Recommended by @romanhelmetguy on X, December 16, 2025, alongside his reading rule: “Half the books you read must be from before WW2.” https://x.com/romanhelmetguy/status/2000775031949824123
Connections
- Leadership — the subject.
- Mental Models — the register the book works in.