The Leadership Kompass

  Elevate by Robert Glazer How to Raise Your Capacity and Stop Living Below Your Potential To elevate means “to raise or lift something up to a higher position or more important level.” That definition alone captures the essence of Robert Glazer’s Elevate . This isn’t a motivational book about “dream big.” It’s a practical blueprint for building the capacity required to actually sustain big dreams. One quote sets the tone: “The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.” — Mahatma Gandhi That gap between current output and true potential is where most people live. And Glazer argues that the solution is capacity building .   What Is Capacity Building? Glazer defines capacity building as: “The method by which individuals seek, acquire, and develop the skills and abilities to consistently perform at a higher level in pursuit of their innate potential.” In simpler terms: You don’...

You Can’t Get It Done By Doing What You Shouldn’t Do .  {chapters1-4} You Can’t Get It Done By Doing What You Shouldn’t Do is a blunt, practical mirror. Debbie Morehead’s central argument is simple and slightly uncomfortable: we often work hardest at the very behaviors that sabotage the results we want. That’s why you can be busy, disciplined, even “doing your best”… and still end up with the opposite outcome financial stress, health decline, relationship tension, career dissatisfaction. The book doesn’t treat “bad habits” like a character flaw. It treats them like a system problem rooted in patterns, unmet needs, learned behavior, triggers, and emotional reactivity. In other words: there is a reason you do what you regret doing. One of the most freeing lines is: “The truth is, you don’t have to work hard to get what you actually want.” Her focus is not “try harder.” It’s “stop doing what’s not working.” And she keeps bringing the reader back to a powerful pivot questi...