Lead Without Followers is set against a disturbing backdrop: an escalating atmosphere of unbridled anger with our modern elected leaders; venomous partisan bickering in Washington D.C. and an uncharacteristic but prevalent pessimism shared by the American people.
I know that you are familiar with this atmosphere of anger and hopelessness that is gripping all of us today. Our world is at a crossroads.
As cynicism and hatred become the modern political status quo, America’s ever-important place as the leader of the free world is falling into severe question:
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Unlike any book before it, Lead Without Followers not only explores the cultural, social and political origins of today’s “Leadership Problem,” but cuts into the heart of the human source of today’s convoluted definition of what it means to lead — and completely redefines it by putting YOU in the driver’s seat.
Lead Without Followers invites you to abandon the political sphere in order to embark upon a unique personal journey to discover an unconventional and profound form of “quiet” leadership that can be embodied by men and women in any walk of life.
The book lays out a step-by-step process for ordinary men and women to discover and harness a unique, highly-effective and influential form of quiet leadership.
This powerful book is an intimate, personal examination of what leadership is and provides you with the tools, strategies, reasoning and motivation to begin leading in your life.
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What you do individually, within yourself, can profoundly change the world.
Lead Without Followers will show you how.
Lead Without Followers takes you on a unique personal journey to discover an unconventional and profound form of “quiet” leadership that you can embody in any walk of life.
We start the book by:
- Examining today’s “Leadership Problem” — a widespread, shared perception that today’s leaders are worse than ever, and the accompanying air of discontent, pessimism, anger and impatience that has wreaked havoc in our world
- Understanding the context of America’s place in a rapidly changing world (or, what our all of today’s leaders fail to discuss)
- Grasping the role that YOU actually play in these big picture issues, every day, which we assume we can’t help, change or fix
By becoming “leaders without followers,” readers free themselves from their disillusionments and regain a purer sense of what it really means to lead — among family, friends, workplace employees, or anywhere in your life.
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But what do *I* know? :)
Allow me to introduce myself… My name is Dave Ursillo. Nice to meet you!
I’m an alternative leadership writer and speaker who is harnessing the power of written and spoken word to positively change the world.
I teach men and women how to become “leaders without followers” in any walk of life by discovering a personal and profound sense of inner leadership.
In my past life, I was on a fast-tracked career path as a “politico” insider whose experiences (by the age of 23) spanned five governmental offices over six years from 2003 to 2009, including the White House Council on Environmental Quality under the Bush Administration in 2008 and as a political aide to a popular state gubernatorial candidate in 2009.
Opting for the unemployment line during a 100-year recession, I quit my job and founded DaveUrsillo.com to build an expansive digital platform through a growing social media presence as an avid writer, helpful personality and determined world-changer. :)
In other words, I began to lead without followers.
Since its inception in 2009, my blog DaveUrsillo.com has reached over 75,000 readers in 173 countries.
In June 2011, my blog and I were in a feature on nationally-televised CBS Sunday Morning about the world of blogging.
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Now, I’m here to teach YOU how to lead without followers, too.
By reading Lead Without Followers you will learn:
- Which ONE political essay from 1989 might still be to blame for modern America’s pessimism, anger and woes
- How to develop a natural, easy “inner resilience” to overcome conflicts and life’s hardships
- How gratitude unlocks simple, life-long happiness in any walk of life
- Three simple steps to reconnecting with your values, self-identity and quiet your ego
- What an interview in the West Wing of the White House teaches you about some leaders that you NEVER hear about in the news
- How witnessing compassion naturally bolsters your immune system
- Four life-changing benefits that you instantly receive from giving (that no one talks about)
- How to find a natural path to overcome depression and anxiety (like I did)
- Why flourishing in YOUR own life benefits everyone in your life (and is actual, real, indisputable leadership)
- Much, much, much more — it can’t all be listed here!
Beyond all else, this book will inspire you to radically redefine what it means to be a leader in our world. Lead Without Followers shows you how leadership does not depend on being rich, having a fancy job title or status or power, or having masses of loyal fans and followers:
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You’ll even learn powerful techniques, personal practices and scientifically-proven strategies like:
» How simple beliefs and perceptions literally shape your life, decisions and actions (Chapter 3)
» Why simple gratitude sparks the drive of a leader; an inner “want” to help others (Chapter 9)
» Why just calling yourself a “leader” increases your happiness, improves mental and emotional well-being and success (Chapter 13)
» How modern science proves the incredible health benefits of giving (Chapter 12)
» And much, much more!
My book’s philosophy empowers you to exert a highly effective and influential form of leadership, everyday — in spite of what you don’t have, and through everything that you already possess.
And, by the book’s end, you are invited to return to the political sphere and to reapply a new-found understanding and appreciation for genuine, earnest and authentic leadership to the important topic of who we elect into positions of power.
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What, you want more?!
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PART 1 – THE LEADERSHIP PROBLEM
Introduction
“The essence of genuine leadership—an inherently human quality that has been manifested millions of times over, every single day, since the dawn of humankind—has been gently woven throughout history in a brilliant but mysterious tapestry of love, selfless giving, courageousness, compassion and hope. We aim to revive these principles today, and with unapologetic vigor.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Introduction)
Chapter 1 – A Gathering Storm“Beneath the surface of petty headlines and trifling political arguments, there was a bleak, suspicious and dark atmosphere that had begun to grip the entire public psyche—as if a widespread virus had subtly inflicted the collective consciousness with pessimism, hopelessness, fear and anger.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 1)
“Working to remedy the Leadership Problem by radically redefining the very meaning of leadership and reclaiming it on behalf of the “ordinary” citizen will not only propel a renewed American spirit, but further, reestablish America’s important place as a quiet leader in our world.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 1)
“My own story (as a young idealist hoping to make a difference, turned to a disillusioned hater of “all things politics”) might explain why people across the world are today beginning to rebel against this static, long-entrenched idea that there is a literal divide between “ordinary” people and their leaders who reside at the top of that totem pole.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 1)
Chapter 2 – Can the Meaning of Leadership Really Be “Lost”?
“The meaning of leadership can indeed change, evolve, degenerate or even become “lost” by way of a variety of factors and influences—and especially when the collective consciousness perceives leadership differently and begins to redefine it as such.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 2)
On how the meaning of leadership can change: “Distractions. Lost priorities. Culture shifts. Historic periods of unprecedented growth and rapid global change. Quiet paradigms of habituated thoughts and shared feeling that become so widespread—and yet prevail so unnoticed—that they subtly dominate the social psyche before beginning to influence and literally create a new reality based upon the prevalent perception.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 2)
Chapter 3 – The Deficit of Trust
“It’s not the leaders. It’s not the system or our way of life. It’s not one politician or political party, or even an explicit fault of our own. We have gradually lost the meaning of leadership by way of a series of complex distractions and undeniable culture shifts that have redefined what leadership really is in our minds, and who we think our leaders are, and who we think ought to be elected into power.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 3)
“When a perception reaches a level of overwhelming and widespread prevalence—as with the End of History, or today’s Leadership Problem—the very definition of a ‘perception’ as merely an intangible assumption, belief, or idea begins to change. On such a prevalent level of shared understanding, a simple ‘perception’ becomes indistinguishable from genuine reality.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 3)
“This widespread air of discontent—a gathering storm of anger and distrust that has grown to plague the American psyche—remains unchanged even throughout power shifts between major political parties and individual elected leaders. That’s a pretty scary reality. And it means that something far more significant and alarming is going on—within the hearts and minds of us all.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 3)
Chapter 4 – Requiem of a Dream: My American Story
“As a writer, there’s nothing more remarkable to me than when the words flow forth onto the page as if not from my own hand, but from “somewhere beyond” that I’ve somehow managed to tap into for just a fleeting moment.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 4)
“What led me to believe there was a deeply-rooted, intrinsic problem with our understanding of modern leadership in our world? And how in 2008 did I get to that place at just 22 years old? The answer, in short, is because second to calling myself a writer, I suppose I would also call myself a leader. However, I’m not quite sure why.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 4)
Chapter 5 – My Leadership Revelation: One October Night
“No magic pill will cure our woes. A resolute, flexible, and intelligent regimen will. That regimen is this alternative leadership philosophy, and your vital place within it.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 5)
“Real leadership originates from within our hearts, derived from a pure source of loving intention and hope-filled aspiration.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 5)
“Your leadership is reaped by the lives you touch routinely, every day, through positive actions and emotions that unduly influence others to live similarly—they, in turn, pass those same positive traits of yours onward to others in their world.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 5)
Chapter 6 – Hope and Hope Abandoned
“With only 441 days separating United States of America from taking a chance on hope before falling back into bleak sense of impatience and hopelessness, we might ask, is our public psyche suffering from a genuine bout of depression?” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 6)
“In spite of one man’s election to the highest office in the country, millions remained upset and unhappy. And as more time passed, shorter and shorter were the fuses of the voting public. The air of discontent still washed over the streets. The gathering storm had finally arrived and conclusively settled over our heads.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 6)
PART TWO – HOW TO LEAD WITHOUT FOLLOWERS
Chapter 7 – The Great Escape
“Every day, your life—through something as small as existing in the world and interacting in society, regardless of your job title or socio-economic bracket—leaves a lasting and indelible mark upon the lives of dozens and hundreds and thousands of men and women who live around you.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 7)
“As a human being, you are already biologically hardwired to be a leader. But in this technological day and age, your words and actions can literally reverberate throughout the entire world and its nearly seven billion inhabitants with an unabashed magnitude that was never before possible!” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 7)
Chapter 8 – The Roots of Your ‘Power from Within’
“Each and every human being, independently and on one’s own, fully possesses the litany of tools and resources within that are ever needed to become a leader. Every day. In any walk of life. Period. This is the essence of what I call, ‘power from within.`” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 8)
“Regardless of how well you know your personal talents, gifts and abilities, brilliant inner strengths are already there within you, whether you believe it or know them or not. Understanding and exploring these strengths and their intricacies is not as important as simply knowing that they exist.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 8)
Chapter 9 – Discovering Your Own Lasting Leadership
“Gratitude—everyday thankfulness and, ultimately, a personified awareness of gratefulness—will help you to cultivate a profound and long-lasting sense of leadership.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 9)
“Leadership originates within. It is an intrinsically human and soulful quality that can be embodied by any human being, simply because he or she is human.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 9)
Chapter 10 – Become Giving: Leadership in Practice
“While leadership originates within a single individual, any definition of “leadership” is necessarily defined by the concept that it regards one person interacting among others: people are the explicit focus, intention and end-goal of every form of human leadership.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 10)
“Giving is the most devout, private and personal of human religions: each act of giving is, in itself,
alms, amends and prayer.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 10)
Chapter 11 – Cultivating the Inner Leader, Every Day
“Happiness begins within, and can only be made real by living among others. Leadership also dawns within—but is only made real when it is embodied and shared among others.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 11)
“The Age of the Leader presents us with a litany of tools that allow us to become literal broadcasters for good or for bad, and on an incredibly far-reaching stage. In this extremely overlapping and interconnected world, we are, in essence, instant leaders.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 11)
Chapter 12 – The New Science of Leadership
“Being thankful creates a natural inner want to help others, and flips a deficit-minded outlook into a grateful one—which further propels a leader without followers to extend his selfless and caring reach into as many lives as possible.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 12)
Chapter 13 – The Radical Effect of Leading Without Followers
“What is created by a leader without followers is a unique synergy of reciprocation and mutual benefit—a shared strengthening of the spirit, of our inner resilience and of our happiness. Leadership does not benefit just one party or the other. Real leadership is exerted for the benefit of others and the self.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 13)
PART THREE – THE DAWN OF THE QUIET LEADER
Chapter 14 – America in a Changing World
“Perhaps the Leadership Problem’s truest roots—the overwhelming and shared sentiments of guilt and terror, pessimism and distrust, anger and impatience that have infiltrated every facet of our lives — originate from the fear that we have already come upon a second End of History: this time, our own.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 14)
“The Leadership Problem can be defeated when the American people—no, when people, regardless of race or creed or nationality—remember what leadership truly is.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 14)
Chapter 15 – What’s Wrong With Our Modern Leaders
“The proliferation of instantaneous communications tools over the last two decades has dramatically shifted the ways in which leaders carry themselves, speak and operate … [they] are locked into a perpetual state of campaigning.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 15)
“We need to conclusively kill the idea that leaders are—in any way, shape or form—different than the rest of us. As leadership is a basic human trait that is most powerfully embodied by working to become more human, we need to culturally defeat such an outdated concept—for the betterment of every human being, especially those who wish to become leaders without followers.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 15)
Chapter 16 – What Blame Lies With Us
“Make no mistake about it: we are living in a time of civil rebellion against the elected leadership of our country and those who reside on both sides of the aisle.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 17)
“What’s wrong with our modern leaders? They are us. And we are them. The buck begins and ends with ‘We, the People.’ We can’t ever expect things to change unless we, ourselves, take up the mantle to redefining leadership and uprooting the toxic environment that we have birthed and perpetuated.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 16)
Chapter 17 – How We Lost the Meaning of Leadership
“We are complete and whole, simply within ourselves. Nothing is lacking. But a lack-oriented, deficit-minded culture further propels the idea that we are necessarily incomplete and in desperate need of more to be happy. This dangerous perception has perpetuated depression and unhappiness for generations, and has now bled into the sphere of leadership.” – Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 17)
Chapter 18 – To Revive the American Dream
“You are already a leader. And I’m here to tell you to call yourself one, without regret or hesitation or remorse—because your simple self-belief can and will change our world.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 18)
“The revolution starts here, but it will live on only by your choice alone. And together, jointly, we can unite to revitalize what it means to be a leader, rejuvenate this entire world and reclaim the name of leadership for ourselves—for humanity’s infinite betterment. And it begins by leading without followers.” — Dave Ursillo, Lead Without Followers (Chapter 18)
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A powerful step-by-step guide to harness new-found leadership based in your gifts, talents and passions.
Learn how real leadership naturally accelerates your path to discovering a positively-driven, purpose-filled, happy life.
Unlike any book before it, Lead Without Followers not only explores the cultural, social and political origins of today’s “Leadership Problem,” but looks to the human source of the problem — and the human source of the solution.
This book reaches into the shared humanity of the reader to help you to reconnect with leadership’s truest traits including positivity, selfless giving, compassion and much more.
Lead Without Followers is a timely and important examination of what it really means to be a leader in our troubling day and age, and is bound to inspire its readers in any walks of life to begin leading—with, or without followers.
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