{"product_id":"9781776392551","title":"The Essence of Success","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow have people managed extraordinary things to escape the shackles of their circumstances? Can success be taught, or does it depend on personal talent alone - is it nature or nurture? Does luck have a part to play?\u003cbr\u003eThis book finds common threads across different disciplines - sport, business, war and politics. A consistent set of leadership attributes emerges, around personal organisation and dedication, maintaining attention to detail while keeping an eye on clear and realisable long-term goals, assiduous planning and careful prioritisation, building a team that delivers institutional capacity and personal support, compiling experience and building skills, focusing on changing yourself rather than others, taking a long view, and thinking things through to the finish. All these factors contribute to the achievement of success over different eras, in diverse settings, in public life as well as private business, in conflict and in the sporting arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Greg+Mills\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eGreg Mills\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Emanuele+Pirro\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eEmanuele Pirro\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Greg Mills,Emanuele Pirro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382983442595,"sku":"9781776392551","price":380.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781776392551_080cd9df-f35d-4518-9f32-b29dd63a5fb1.jpg?v=1776584824","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781776392551","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}