Ditch the Act by Leonard Kim and Ryan Foland

This was a book that was given to me because Leonard actually reached out on Twitter. It was out of the blue and unexpected and I had no idea who he was at first. But after he offered to share his book and send me a free copy, I was intrigued and excited. Turns out, he met the co-author, Ryan Foland, at a dinner that Keith Ferrazzi had hosted a few years ago. Crazy enough, I had just finished Keith’s book, Never Eat Alone, a few months earlier and Keith shared my takeaways that I wrote up in much the same format as this. Crazy way to get the book and this one was certainly a book I enjoyed and learned a lot from.

This is a way of living I believe. What is the point of experiencing something and making mistakes that others have already made? Maybe we can learn from them and thereby not make those mistakes and become more successful. It’s in our nature to help others, if we see someone struggling, we usually help; when we cannot see someone struggling we should still do our best to help, maybe we know something that they don’t.

Pg. 7, Exposing your whole self is about more than cultivating human connection. So much of our unique expertise and skill grows from those failures, fears, and weaknesses we’ve overcome. By removing our masks, ditching the act, and sharing vulnerably, we demonstrate the authority behind the lessons we’ve learned. We…