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The Walking Drum
Ender's Game
Dune
Jhereg
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Curse of Chalion
The Name of the Wind
Chronicles of the Black Company
The Faded Sun Trilogy
The Tar-Aiym Krang

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Review: Leaders, Do Unto Others: Brief Meditations on Leading and Learning and Loving

Leaders, Do Unto Others: Brief Meditations on Leading and Learning and Loving Leaders, Do Unto Others: Brief Meditations on Leading and Learning and Loving by David Harwood
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Book: **
Performance: ***

Highly Repetitive and Jumbled Collection of Scripture Points

It was a good concept/sentiment that just didn’t deliver for me. because it was basically a bunch of scripture quotes with a ton of shallow, fluffy, word salad that knits it all together in a confusing mass that has no practical point outside of telling the reader to just be good. In fact, if you are even remotely a student of christian scripture, this book offers very little beyond that (with almost no exegesis or explaining of how the quoted scripture actually applied to the point being discussed) … and it was even less of a help on how to actually be an effective christian leader (for which it has nearly zero examples or illustrations outside of simply quoting scripture). After each “reflection”, there is a quick prayer that has the potential to explain some of the point the reflection was trying to teach … with some being more effective than others. While the narration was good enough for the genre and material, it wasn’t anything special.

The chapters and sections in this work are:

Introduction: How to Lead? The Golden Rule! (6:44)

1: Our Foundation (11:10)
2: The New Command, Part 1 (9:13)
3: Getting Up from Supper (16:08)
4: The New Command, Part 2 (8:19)
5: The New Command, Part 3 (14:04)
6: An Epiphany of His Affection (10:26)
7: Loving the Corporate (8:28)
8: Loving Leadership and Praying For People (5:48)
9. Carte Before Horses (10:09)
10. A Loving Environment and the Fear of the Lord (13:49)
11. Recognizing Love’s Limitations (10:24)
12. Knowing You’re Called: A Confidence Key (9:54)
13. Transferring Ownership: Another Confidence Key (10:37)
14. Determining Your Life Message (6:19)
15. The Hireling Minister (12:58)
16. Empathy (16:02)
17. “Lord Jesus, Shepherd Your People!” (17:50)
18. Something Overlooked: Mercy (954)
19. Sarah Laughed (10:28)
20. Modeling Courage (10:18)
21. Honor? Go First! (12:58)
22. Discerning Order: “With” (5:04)
23. Spiritual Parenting (10:14)
24. Leading United and Effective Prayer (17:03)
25. Restitution (4:23)
26. Be For - Giving (4:21)
27. Criticism (7:12)
28. Generosity (4:07)
29. Slow Down (7:35)
30. Faithfulness (10:21)

I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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My Ratings Explained ...

  • [ ***** ] Amazing Read - Perfect story, exciting, engrossing, well developed complex characters, solid plot with few to no holes, descriptive environments and place settings, great mystery elements, realistic dialogue, believable reactions and behaviors; a favorite that I can re-read many times.
  • [ **** ] Great Read - Highly entertaining and enjoyable, exciting storyline, well developed characters and settings, a few discrepancies but nothing that can’t be overlooked. Some aspect of the story was new/refreshing to me and/or intriguing. Recommended for everyone.
  • [ *** ] Good Read - Solid story with a 'good' ending, or has some other redeeming feature. Limited character development and/or over reliance on tropes. Noticeable discrepancies in world building and/or dialog/behavior that were distracting. I connected enough with the characters/world to read the entire series. Most of the books I read for fun are here. Recommended for fans of the genre.
  • [ ** ] Okay Read - Suitable for a brief, afternoon escape … flat or shallow characters with little to no development. Over the top character dialog and/or behavior. Poor world building with significant issues and/or mistakes indicating poor research. Excessive use of trivial detail, info dumps and/or pontification. Any issues with the story/characters are offset by some other aspect that I enjoyed. Not very memorable. May only appeal to a niche group of readers. Recommended for some (YMMV).
  • [ * ] Bad Read - Awkward and/or confusing writing style. Poor world building and/or unbelievable (or unlikeable) characters. Victimization, gaslighting, blatant abuse, unnecessary violence, child endangerment, or any other highly objectionable behaviors by Main characters. I didn't connect with the story at all; significant aspects of this story irritated me enough that I struggled to finished it. Series was abandoned. Not recommended.