The Little Book of Success

By Kevin C Kearney

A book with exercises for Personal Leadership concepts and skills. These concepts are from books, coaches and life experience that helped the author move forward in his personal and professional lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Big Heart Books
• Release date: Mar 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9780578667393

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Dedication

For the dreamers and young entrepreneurs.

The world needs you to be a leader,

but you need to start with yourself.

May you move forward with a brave heart.

Introduction

In all honesty, I wrote this book for myself. Like most people, I was born with a few challenges. Early on, the biggest were that I was very tall for my age, I had a September birthday, and I had undiagnosed learning differences—problems with learning to read, spatial/relational challenges and sequential memory. Starting in kindergarten, I was moved from grade to grade because I had been too tall to be in the previous grade, even though I was clearly not keeping up with my classmates. I ended up failing and repeating second grade and went to summer school just to be ready to keep up. These experiences gave me a profound appreciation for putting things in an order that was easier for my mind to understand and remember.

As I got older, I would pick up management, leadership and personal growth books to improve myself and stay competitive. As I read the books, I found that even books that appeared simple—i.e. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People—contained a lot of information and could quickly become overwhelming.

The most difficult time in my life was the transition from high school to college, then into the workforce. Truly, it is a difficult time for most people struggling with what to do for the rest of their lives while