The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership
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The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership
| Author | Steven B. Sample |
|---|---|
| Published | 2001 |
| Pages | 208 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| 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 heard about it
- @romanhelmetguy — recommended it in a post on X (December 2025), alongside his reading rule: “Half the books you read must be from before WW2.”
Connections
- Leadership — the subject.
- Mental Models — the register the book works in.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.