“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
About a year ago, Mid-States launched the Leadership Library. The Leadership Library is a collection of books available for anyone on our team to check out and read in their free time. The goal of the library is to encourage our team to read books that would be of value for professional and personal development and provide small monetary compensation for doing so.
One of the favorites among our team is How to Win Friends and Influence People. Here is what some of our readers had to say:
“(The most important thing I learned from this book is) to be sincere and genuinely interested in others. Recognize their ability and potential. Give praise and freely demonstrate how that particular individual can reach their potential by showing/telling of your own mistakes and faults, and how you overcame them.”
“The author puts a huge emphasis on perspective shifting and empathy. He argues that you not only need to seem like you care, but actually care.”
“It was a good read with a lot of different ways you can use to lift others up and put the focus on them instead of always talking about yourself.”
Do you have a suggestion for a book we should add to our library? Drop it in the comments below and we’ll check it out!