Contents

About the Author

Dedication

Foreword by Rahul Dravid

Introduction: Climbing Your Mountain

I: The Leader Within

Leadership Lessons from a Teabag!

Want to Be a Good Leader? Get a ‘PhD’!

Life Lessons from a Baby Giraffe

Advice from the Driver’s Seat

Run Your Own Race

II: The Leader’s Mindset

Adkins and the One-Man Band

‘This Is Good!’

The Sower and the Seeds

The Evil Monster and the Little Boy

‘Run with Your Mind, Not Just Your Legs!’

The Little Dent on the Car

The Frog and the TV Tower

The Dogfight in Our Heads

Ricky Ponting and the Art of Finding the Gaps!

When One Door Shuts

The Elephant and the Peg

Mumbai’s Taxis and the Woodcutter’s Axe

The Case of the Missing Goat

‘If It Is to Be, It Is Up to Me!’

From Problem Child to the World’s Best Ballerina

For Things to Change, We Must Change

Confront Your Fears and You’ll Conquer Them!

What’s Your Next Mountain?

III: The Leader’s Way

The One Winning Habit of Several Great Leaders!

The Power of Hope

The Boy Who Swapped His Marbles

The Elevator Not Taken!

The Deer’s Antlers and the Tail

Put the Glass Down!

One 500-Rupee Note. And Two Lessons!

‘Never Give Up. Never, Never Give Up!’

Nelson Mandela and the Fine Art of Forgiving

Lessons from Burger University!

The Lincoln Lessons in Leadership

Keep Your Cool. Be Careful What You Say

The Magic of Setting Goals

If You Are Not Enjoying the Ride, Get Off the Bus!

Hold the Door Open!

Good Enough Seldom Is!

Get the 40 Per Cent Advantage

Give Yourself an ‘A’!

Edison’s Formula for Success

Act Selfish. Help Someone Today!

A Tale of Two Seas

Give Yourself a Friendship Medal

The Secret of Sachin Tendulkar

Want to Be a Good Leader? Just Do It!

IV: Leading Teams

Betting on Unripe Fruit

The Strong ‘Why’ and the Case of the Andhra Bus Drivers

Two-Footed Footballers and the Corner Office

The Umpire’s Autograph

The Porcupine Lesson

The Elephant’s Trunk and the Mahout’s Stick

The Disaster at Angers Bridge!

‘Upar se Sirf Gap hi Gap Nazar Aata Hai!’

Of Tappers and Listeners

A Very, Very Special Lesson from Laxman

The Truck with No Tail Lights

Going for the Jugular!

The Pencil and the Eraser

Acknowledgements

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