Human beings learn through books, experiences, formal education or, most often, a combination of all three.
Leaders and managers frequently cite business giants and great writers like Dale Carnegie, Jack Welch, and Jim Collins as influential guides. Even literary figures like C.S. Lewis, who held appointments at both Oxford and Cambridge and wrote classics such as Mere Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia, have offered timeless wisdom on how to be a better doer, manager, and leader. In the film Shadowlands, Lewis (played by Anthony Hopkins) is quoted as saying, “Experience is a brutal teacher. But you learn, by God you learn.”
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