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The Extreme Beatles: Seven Steps to Self-Mastery
As any project manager can attest to, leading a team of people to achieve objectives in the midst of uncertainty and conflict can be a stressful endeavor. This is especially true of projects being led under extreme conditions. To avoid burnout and poor decisions, it is vital to remain above the chaos.
To put it another way, in order to lead others you must first learn to lead yourself. One of the things I particularly liked about Doug DeCarlo’s book, eXtreme Project Management, is its recognition of this--and thus its focus on self-mastery as a core component of managing extreme projects.
Like anything in life, if we want to learn something, it is wise to examine others who have done it well--and self-mastery is no exception. Over the years, I have made a habit of studying excellence, regardless of the field of endeavor. There’s something about unique, extraordinary human achievement that I find fascinating. It’s what attracted me to write a book about project management lessons from Napoleon. It’s what led me to explore lessons from Albert Einstein on my blog site. And it’s what now leads me to examine the elements of self-mastery that made The Beatles so uniquely successful.
Like them or not, nobody can argue that The Beatles didn’t achieve unsurpassed accomplishments during a period of what must have been total…
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