Real Leadership:9 Simple Practices for Leading and Living with Purpose

The essence of leadership is 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.  In this summary, 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 essence of leadership is 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.

In our summary of Real Leadership, 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.

As the co-CEO of Primerica from 1999 to 2015, Addison led the largest independent financial services marketing organization in North America through a period of rapid growth in the early 2000's, then helped navigate the company through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and the separation from their parent company, Citibank, which created one of the most successful IPOs of the decade.  He is currently Leadership Editor of Success Magazine and President and CEO of Addison Leadership Group.

The perspectives and personal laws of success that Addison developed over decades of hard work and diligence boil down to the principles of living your best life.  His practical takeaway lessons will help you to become a better leader in every aspect of your life.