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His follow-up, The Dichotomy of Leadership is almost as good, and his podcast is a constant source of motivation. I am a Marine so I feel like I am extremely biased, but, everyone I've shared his work with has felt it equally as rewarding.

The author wrote follow-up book called The Dichotomy of Leadership specifically to address the problem of people taking EO too far in one direction. But like my sibling comment mentions, I don't think you should blame the Gallagher problem on EO without clear evidence connecting the two. And even if you do, the follow-up book is there to clarify.

> First ask yourself if you are the kind of person that enjoys serving others.
> Do you like to help the less experienced guys? Leading ain't about telling people what to do.

Sometimes telling people what to do is right. Sometimes it isn't.

We can bring up a thousand cases proving both.

I recommend the OP reads "The Dichotomy of Leadership" by Jocko Willink, which is about understanding where the balance lies.

https://www.amazon.com/Dichotomy-Leadership-Balancing-Challe...

Everything by Simon Sinek, but most important for me is "Leaders Eat Last" [0]. I haven't read the last one (The Infinite Game), but I've heard it's pretty good as well.

Also Extreme Ownership [1] and Dichotomy of Leadership [2] by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.

All of these books had tremendous impact on me as a leader and I highly recommend them.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Eat-Last-Together-Others/dp/B...

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs-eboo...

[2]: https://www.amazon.com/Dichotomy-Leadership-Balancing-Challe...

I was recently recommended a couple books called "Extreme Ownership" and "The Dichotomy of Leadership". They tackle the idea of how to be a leader and what that means in the day to day.

They break down the communication with your team into a principle you want to strive for. Then you're shown an example of how that happens in the real world.

Once you've seen the patterns, you notice them everywhere, and you begin to unravel the issues, one hurdle at a time. It's like seeing a great design pattern, seeing where it fits and how to apply it, except now you're doing it with communication instead of code.

I think this might help you "find a mechanic you can trust" and get to the heart of what it takes to lead your team.

I wish I had acknowledged the fact that I suffer from severe anxiety disorder instead of believing that everybody else was wrong.

For most of my work life (20+ years) I suffered from severe anxiety that led to fits of anger, resentment, self pity.

After facing enough consequences (being fired, quitting in anger) I finally looked at myself hard in the proverbial mirror and asked for help and went to therapy.

My favorite books are from Jocko Willink:
- Extreme Ownership
- The dichotomy of leadership
- Discipline Equals Freedom

Mainly leadership books that I use to be better at leading myself.