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Are leaders born to become one or are they made through some life experiences they go through? Are leaders made through the challenges of their times, or do they make the times conform to their will and direction? Where do their ambitions to serve as president come from? The author looks into the lives of four presidents and discovers each leader's path is unique. They don't share a common pattern in their journey toward their leadership aspirations. What they do share is their staunch ambition and a hardy resilience that enabled them to meet head-on the uncommon challenges posed to them.
Leadership: In Turbulent Times is authored by Pulitzer Prize winner Dorin Kearns Goodwin. It is a New York Times bestseller and Amazon's Best Book of September 2018.
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Are leaders born to become one or are they made through some life experiences they go through? Are leaders made through the challenges of their times, or do they make the times conform to their will and direction? Where do their ambitions to serve as president come from? The author looks into the lives of four presidents and discovers each leader's path is unique. They don't share a common pattern in their journey toward their leadership aspirations. What they do share is their staunch ambition and a hardy resilience that enabled them to meet head-on the uncommon challenges posed to them.
Leadership: In Turbulent Times is authored by Pulitzer Prize winner Dorin Kearns Goodwin. It is a New York Times bestseller and Amazon's Best Book of September 2018.
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to..
Create Hours of Conversation:
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
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