Levitt's Freakonomics

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According to Dr. Alfredo Sfeir-Younis of Zambuling Institute leaders have several important traits essential for success. Perhaps one of the strongest points Sfeir made was: “Not everybody is meant to be a leader.” This point could be illustrated by what has been a debate point for many regarding higher education. Media outlets, research teams and scholars have argued that higher education is not meant for everyone. Moreover, some even gone as far as to select the types of higher education or profession one should choose to be successful. Levitt S. in his book “Freakonomics” has touched on this subject indirectly discussing the cheating habits of teachers. In my opinion a strong inference could be drawn from Levitt’s work regarding the notion …show more content…
nurture, and striving to be the best at what one does. Micromanaging could seem as a great way to drive the company, but perhaps it is one of the most important cardinal sins of any manager (Dumas, 2002). This topic has been covered on multiple occasions, proving that micromanaging is a science of overly paranoid. History has had many paranoid leaders to name one Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili known to many as Joseph Stalin perhaps the best example of this persisting paranoia. Likewise, we cannot talk about Stalin J. without talking about emotional instability. In Daniel Yergin’s book “Shattered Peace” author mentions Walter Lippman's commentary on the 1946 San Francisco …show more content…
nurture, and being best at what we do. Having the luxury of easily accessible publications and multiple books about successful people, I can only draw one conclusion: hard work to become the best in whatever field is more rewarding than climbing the executive leather just to understand that it all was for nothing. In my opinion if one cannot achieve the status of best there is in their own professional field it is due to lack of effort and aloof approach to the subject. It is important to mention that the person should define the word best and set the bar as high as he or she think feasible themselves, even though one might love swimming and be very good at recreational swimming does not mean he or she is a Michel Phelps
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