Smart Leadership by Mark Miller Summary
Overview of Smart Leadership
In "Smart Leadership," Chick-fil-A VP Mark Miller reveals four game-changing choices that rescue leaders from decision paralysis. With principles embraced by Google and Disney, this million-copy bestseller asks: Why do smart leaders thrive while others sink in quicksand? Your impact awaits.
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When Promotion Becomes Quicksand
You've finally earned that leadership role you've worked toward for years. Then reality hits: your calendar explodes with back-to-back meetings, your inbox multiplies overnight, and you're missing your kid's soccer games while responding to "urgent" emails at 10 PM. Sound familiar? This isn't just poor time management-it's what happens when individual contributors become leaders without realizing the game has completely changed. The skills that got you promoted won't sustain you in this new terrain. Most leaders never escape this trap. They simply learn to "swim in quicksand," accepting overwhelm as the price of leadership. But here's the truth: your choices, not your circumstances, determine whether you drown or thrive. Leadership quicksand is deceptively simple: it's the overwhelming complexity of modern organizational life that suffocates your impact. CEOs average 37 meetings weekly, consuming 72% of their time. Add 94 daily texts, hundreds of emails, and interruptions every three minutes that require over 20 minutes to recover from, and you've got a recipe for paralysis. Success itself becomes an obstacle-the very achievements that elevated you now anchor you to outdated approaches. Mix in complacency, fear, fatigue, and circumstances beyond your control, and the quicksand thickens. But here's what matters: while these external pressures create the quicksand, how you respond determines your fate. The villain isn't your calendar or your inbox. It's the absence of strategic choice-making. Every human possesses one fundamental superpower that can change everything: the power to choose. The question is whether you're wielding it wisely.
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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