Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's twice weekly podcast on leadership with Scott Miller.

That's me each week, twice a week, actually, on Tuesdays and Fridays.

I am privileged on behalf of Franklin Covey to host this podcast now, the world's largest weekly leadership podcast, six years and 400 plus episodes taped, where Franklin Covey, as you know, the world's most trusted leadership company, spotlights, what we think are people with like-minded values and experiences similar to Franklin Covey to help make you a better leader.

Our founder, of course, was Dr. Stephen R. Covey. He was the author behind the seminal book,

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

And for four decades, Franklin Covey has helped organizations and individuals everywhere achieve greatness as defined by them. I am privileged to now have been in this chair for six

years. And one of the best parts of being a podcast is I get to meet cool people, both in person and virtually.

And I've been chasing today's guest for quite some time because I will tell you,

there is something that is consistent about many of the people that I've had the privilege to interview and meet in this podcast.

One consistent theme of all of our guests is they have what I would call

as an indefatigable work ethic. Yes, in fact, hard work is still a thing, and it's interesting

whether they're a best-selling author, a business titan, an academic, a researcher, or they're an

artist or a creator, they generally outwork most everyone else.

It's a commonality.

It's a principle I think is very relevant still in 2024.

Another commonality is they're voracious readers.

Readers are leaders.

And it's interesting, when I have asked disproportionately

these 400 plus influential, successful,

highly effective guests, they typically say they have read one of three books that transformed

their life.

Now, this is the cream of the crop, the most influential leaders in the world I've been privileged

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